Bullets of Mexico chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The peons  (E minor) 
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C 
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Em 
 (D major) of Mexico  (C major) long have known suffer (D major) ing and  (E minor) pain.
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C 
Zapata and Vil (D major) la have  (C major) died there,
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Em 
fight (D major) ing in  (E minor) vain.
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Rube'n Jaramillo kep (D major) t up the tradition,
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he fought  (C major) for the land once again.  (B major) 
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He  (E minor) lived for  (D major) the land,
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Em 
and  (C major) there on the land  (D major) he was  (E minor) slain.

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Verse 2

A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life

of a man who had lived by the gun,

but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot undo

all the work that he's done.

Verse 3
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C 
The greedy  (D major) capiques* have  (C major) stolen
D 
Em 
and plundered  (D major) the land,  (E minor) 
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C 
With  (D major) pistoleros they  (C major) ruled
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Em 
 (D major) with a cold iron  (E minor) hand.
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The poor campesinos could  (D major) stand it no longer,
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res (C major) istance was starting to grow.  (B major)  (E minor) 
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C 
 (D major) Jaramillo decided to fight  (C major) 
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for  (D major) a new Mexico.

Verse 4
Em 
D 
 (E minor) A forty-five bullet bullet has  (D major) ended the life
C 
B 
of a  (C major) man who had lived by the  (B major) gun,
Em 
D 
but  (E minor) all of the bullets of  (D major) Mexico cannot un
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B 
 (C major) do all the work that he's  (B major) done.
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 5
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For twenty long years he  (C major) fought and he struggled  (D major) and  (E minor) tried,
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 (D major) 
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Epifania, his  (E minor) wife,
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Em 
always there  (D major) at his side.  (E minor) 
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Often surrounded, he  (D major) always was hounded,
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they searched  (C major) for him
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near, far, and  (B major) wide:
Em 
D 
A  (E minor) man of  (D major) deep sorrow,
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Em 
but  (C major) also a man  (D major) of deep  (E minor) pride.

Verse 6
Em 
D 
A  (E minor) forty-five bullet bullet has  (D major) ended the life
C 
B 
of a man  (C major) who had lived by the  (B major) gun,
Em 
D 
but  (E minor) all of the bullets of  (D major) Mexico cannot un
C 
B 
 (C major) do all the work that he's  (B major) done.
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 7
Em 
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C 
 (E minor) Two thou (D major) sand peasants he  (C major) led
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to their long-promised  (D major) land,
Em 
 (E minor) land,
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and the army's revenge  (D major) killed the
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Em 
 (C major) wife an (D major) d the sons and the man.  (E minor) 
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His assasins rejoiced with their  (D major) whiskey and women,
C 
they  (C major) laughed and
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they danced on his  (B major) grave.
Em 
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Now the  (E minor) land waits again  (D major) for an (C major) other
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 (D major) to ride on the waves.
Em 
 (E minor) 