The Matador chords by Trisha Yearwood

SimplifiedEm · C · Dsus4 · D

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Em
C
Dsus4
D

Verse 1
Em 
C 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) I
Em 
 (E minor) threw a rose to the matador,
C 
not  (C major) sure who I was cheering for
Dsus4 
D 
My  (Dsus4) aim was true,  (D major) my heart was full,
C 
 (C major) I loved the fighter and the bull
Em 
 (E minor) I loved like only a woman can,
C 
 (C major) a  very complicated man
D 
I bound  (D major) his wounds, I heard his cries,
C 
 (C major) I  gave him truth, I told him lies
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
His  (E minor) rage is made of many things,
C 
 (C major) faithless women, wedding rings
D 
Snakes  (D major) and snails and alcohol,
C 
 (C major) his daddy's fist thrown through the wall
Em 
Ah, but he's  (E minor) beautiful when he's in the ring,
C 
 (C major) the devil howls, the angels sing
D 
C 
 (D major) Sparks fly from his fingertips  (C major) and
words like birds fly from his lips

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Verse 3
C 
Some  (C major) man is lying in the dirt
D 
Some  (D major) woman's crying
that he's hurt
C 
But he's  (C major) not alive without the thrill
D 
 (D major) Without the dance, without the kill
C 
The light (C major) s  go down,
the people roar
D 
They're  (D major) cheering on the matador
C 
An (C major) d this is how the story goes
D 
 (D major) I knew it when I threw
Em 
 (E minor) the rose
C 
Em 
 (C major)  (E minor) 

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
I  (E minor) come to each and every show,
C 
 (C major) the woman in the second row
D 
I  (D major) watch them in their ancient dance and
C 
 (C major) I  know I never stood a chance
Em 
 (E minor) 'Cause while other demons prance and clown,
C 
 (C major) it's vanity that takes you down
D 
I  (D major) thought that I could be the one
C 
but I'm  (C major) just another hanger- on

Verse 5
C 
Some  (C major) man is bleeding in the dirt
D 
Some  (D major) woman's crying that she's hurt
C 
But  (C major) who are we without the thrill
D 
 (D major) Without the dance, without the kill
C 
And  (C major) he is bull and matador
D 
And I'm  (D major) the mother and the whore
C 
An (C major) d this is how the story goes
D 
Em 
I  (D major) knew it when I threw  (E minor) 
the rose
C 
Em 
 (C major)  (E minor) 

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) I threw a rose to the matador,
C 
not sure  (C major) who I was cheering for
D 
My  (D major) aim was true, my heart was full,
C 
 (C major) I  loved the fighter and the bull