Bullets of Mexico chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: G# minor•
Intro 1
G#m
F#
G#m
E
D#
G#m
F#
E
D#
G#m
Verse 1
G#m
The peons
F#
E
F#
G#m
of Mexico long have known suffer ing and pain.
F#
E
Zapata and Vil la have died there,
F#
G#m
fight ing in vain.
F#
Rube'n Jaramillo kep t up the tradition,
E
D#
he fought for the land once again.
G#m
F#
He lived for the land,
E
F#
G#m
and there on the land he was slain.
Verse 2
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
E
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un do
D#
all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 3
F#
E
The greedy capiques* have stolen
F#
G#m
and plundered the land,
F#
E
With pistoleros they ruled
F#
G#m
with a cold iron hand.
F#
The poor campesinos could stand it no longer,
E
D#
G#m
res istance was starting to grow.
F#
E
Jaramillo decided to fight
F#
for a new Mexico.
Verse 4
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 5
E
F#
G#m
For twenty long years he fought and he struggled and tried,
F#
G#m
Epifania, his wife,
F#
G#m
always there at his side.
F#
Often surrounded, he always was hounded,
E
they searched for him
D#
near, far, and wide:
G#m
F#
A man of deep sorrow,
E
F#
G#m
but also a man of deep pride.
Verse 6
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 7
G#m
F#
E
Two thou sand peasants he led
F#
to their long-promised land,
G#m
land,
F#
and the army's revenge killed the
E
F#
G#m
wife an d the sons and the man.
F#
His assasins rejoiced with their whiskey and women,
E
they laughed and
D#
they danced on his grave.
G#m
F#
E
Now the land waits again for an other
F#
to ride on the waves.
G#m
Verse 8
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
Outro 1
G#m
F#
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG#m F# E D#
G#m
F#
E
D#
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