El Diablo chords by ZZ Top

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (E minor) Did you ever hear the story
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That  (G major) happened not long  (A minor) ago  (E minor) 
'Bout the man with a tan:
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El di (G major) ablo de Mex (A minor) ico?
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 (E minor) And this  (A minor) man played his hand
And he lived by the luck
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of the  (E minor) draw;
Now and then and again,
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Found him  (G major) steppin' outside  (A minor) of  the law  (E minor) 
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Hey, hey!  (B major) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 

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Verse 2

And his fortune he had made

let him live high on the hog

Til the day of the raid

When they hunted him like a dog.

He was out on the run,

Knowing he could get by,

'Cause the men killed in sin

were not there to testify.

Interlude 1
Hey, hey!
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Verse 3
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He was  (E minor) caught, he was bound
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In La  (G major) Casa de  (A minor) Calaboose.  (E minor) 
He was tried; he was found
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And readied  (G major)  (A minor) for the  (E minor) noose.
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But the  (A minor) break he would make,
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It  (G major) didn't turn  (A minor) out so  (E minor) well.
And the hombre called "Diablo"
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 (G major) Bid his  (A major) last farewell.  (E minor) 

Outro 1
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