Matamoros Banks chords by Bruce Springsteen

SimplifiedD · Asus4 · A · G · Em

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Asus4
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Verse 1
D 
(Each year many die  (D major) crossing
Asus4 
the  (Asus4) deserts,
Mountains and rivers
of our southern border
D 
In search of a bet (D major) ter life.
Here I follow the
Journey backwards, from the body at the
River bottom,
to the man walking across
The desert towards the banks
of the Rio Grande.)

Verse 2
D 
A 
For two  (D major) days  (A major) the river
Asus4 
D 
keeps you  (Asus4) down      (D major) 
A 
Asus4 
Then you rise  (A major) to  (Asus4) the light
G 
D 
without a  (G major) sound  (D major) 
Past the playgrounds and
Asus4 
D 
empty  (Asus4) switching yards  (D major) 
A 
The turtles eat the skin  (A major) from your eyes,
Asus4 
so they lay open  (Asus4) to       the stars
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 3
Your clothes give way to the cur
Asus4 
A 
Asus4 
D 
 (Asus4) rent     and  (A major) river  (Asus4) stone     (D major) 
A 
Asus4 
'Till every trace  (A major) of  (Asus4) who
G 
D 
you ever  (G major) were is gone  (D major) 
Asus4 
And the things of the earth  (Asus4) 
D 
they make their claim  (D major) 
A 
Asus4 
That the thing (A major)  (Asus4) s of heaven
A 
may  (A major) do the same
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
Goodbye, my darling,
D 
for your  (D major) love I give God thanks,
A 
Asus4 
Meet me on the  (A major) Matamoros  (Asus4) 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
 (D major) Meet me on  (E minor) the Matamoros  (G major)  (D major) 
Asus4 
A 
Meet me on the  (Asus4)  (A major) Matamoros banks
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
Asus4 
Over rivers of stone and  (Asus4) ancient  ocean beds
D 
A 
 (D major) I walk on sandals of twine  (A major) 
D 
and tire tread  (D major) 
My pockets full of dust,
A 
Asus4 
my mouth  (A major) filled with cool  (Asus4) stone
D 
A 
The  (D major) pale moon  (A major) opens
D 
the earth to its bones  (D major) 
G 
I  (G major) long, my darling, for your kiss,
D 
A 
Asus4 
A 
D 
 (D major) for your sweet love  (A major) I  (Asus4) give     God  (A major) thanks  (D major) 
G 
D 
The touch of  (G major) your loving fingertips  (D major) 
A 
Meet me on the  (A major) Matamoros
D 
G 
Meet  (D major) me on  (G major) the Matamoros
D 
A 
Meet  (D major) me on the Matamoros  (A major) 

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
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Your sweet memory  (D major) comes
A 
D 
on  (A major) the evenin' wind  (D major) 
Asus4 
A 
I sleep and dream  (Asus4) of hold (A major) ing
D 
you in my arms again  (D major) 
The lights of Brownsville,
A 
across  (A major) the river shine
D 
A 
A  (D major) shout rings out  (A major) and into
D 
G 
the silty red river I dive  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
I long, my darling, for your  (D major) kiss,
A 
Asus4 
D 
for your sweet love  (A major) I  (Asus4) give God thanks  (D major) 
G 
D 
A touch of  (G major) your loving fingertips  (D major) 
A 
Meet me on the  (A major) Matamoros
D 
G 
D 
A 
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) Meet me  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) on the
A 
Asus4 
D 
G 
 (A major) Matamoros  (Asus4)  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
A 
Meet  (D major) me on the Matamoros  (A major) banks
D 
 (D major) 