Gallo Del Cielo

Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 12:57 PM

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Gallo Del Cielo, by Tom Russell

Written in a garage in Mountain View, CA in 1979

Transcribed by Dean Munyon

This version from the "Poor Man's Dream" album.

Tom Russell has several different versions of this song on his

various albums. This is one is characterized by a very strong

alternating bass line.

Each [chord] or "/" indicates one measure. (The "/" means repeat the last-

notated chord).

Key of F: play in D and capo at third fret

Intro: [G]///[A]///[Em][A][G][A][D]///

Carlos Zara/goza left his /home in Casas /Grandes when

the [Em]moon was full///

No [A]money in his /pocket, just a /locket of his /sister

framed in [D]gold///

He /rode into El /Sueco, stole a /rooster called /Gallo

Del Ci[Em]elo///

Then he [A]swam the Rio /Grande with that [G]fighter nestled

deep beneath his [D]arm.///

El [D]Gallo Del Ci/elo was a /rooster born in /heaven so the

legends say///

His [A]wings they had been /broken, he had /one eye

rollin' /crazy in his [D]head///

And he'd /fought a hundred fights, /and the /legends say

that /one night near El [Em]Sueco///

They'd [A]fought Gallo /seven times, and [G]seven times he'd

left brave roosters [D]dead./

Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in San

An[A]tonio///

I have [Em]27 [A]dollars and the [Em]good luck of your /picture

framed in [A]gold/

Tonight I'll put it /all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo

Del Ci[A]elo///

And then [Em]I'll return to [A]buy the land [G]Villa stole

from [A]father long [D]ago.///

Out[D]side of San Di/ego, in the /onion fields of /Paco

Monte[Em]verde///

The [A]Pride of San Di/ego lay /sleeping on a /fancy bed of

silk///

And they /laughed when Zara/goza pulled the /one-eyed

del Ci/elo from [Em]beneath his coat///

But they [A]cried when Zara/goza walked a[G]way with a

thousand dollar [D]bill./

Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in

Santa [A]Barbara///

I have [Em]fifteen hundred [A]dollars and the [Em]good luck of

your /picture framed in [A]gold/

Tonight I'll /put it all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo

Del Ci[A]elo///

And then [Em]I'll return to [A]buy the land [G]Villa stole

from [A]father long [D]ago.///

Now the [D]moon has gone to /hiding and the /lantern light

spills /shadows on a [Em]fighting sand///

Where a [A]wicked black named /Zorro faces /Gallo del Ci/elo

in the [D]night///

But /Carlos Zara/goza fears the /tiny crack that /runs

across his [Em]rooster's beak///

And he [A]fears he has /lost the fifty [G]thousand dollars

riding on the [D]fight./

Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in

Santa [A]Clara///

Yes, the [Em]money's on the [A]table, I am [Em]holding to

your /good luck framed in [A]gold/

And [G]everything we've /dreamed of is /riding on the /spurs

of Del Ci[A]elo///

I pray that [Em]I'll return to [A]buy the land [G]Villa stole

from [A]father long [D]ago.///

Then the [D]signal it was /given, and the /cocks rose

to/gether far [Em]above the sand///

El [A]Gallo del Ci/elo sunk a /gaff into /Zorro's shiny

breast///

They were /separated /quickly but they /rose and fought

each /other thirty [Em]seven times///

And the [A]legends say that /everyone [G]agreed that del

Ci[A]elo fought the [D]best.///

Then the [D]screams of Zara/goza filled the /night outside

the /town of Santa [Em]Clara///

As the [A]beak of del Ci/elo lay /broken like a /shell within

his [D]hand///

And they /say that Zara/goza screamed a /curse upon the

/bones of Pancho [Em]Villa///

When [A]Zorro rose up /one last time and [G]drove del

Ci[A]elo through the [D]sand./

Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in

San Fran[A]cisco///

I have no [Em]money in my [A]pocket, I no [Em]longer have

your /good luck framed in [A]gold/

I [G]buried it last /evening with the /bones of my

/beloved Del Ci[A]elo///

And I'll [Em]not return to [A]buy the land [G]Villa stole from

father long [D]ago./

Do the [G]rivers still run /muddy out/side of my /beloved

Casas [A]Grandes?///

oes the [Em]scar upon my [A]brother's face turn [Em]red when

he hears /mention of my [A]name?/

Do the [G]people of El /Sueco /curse the theft of /Gallo

del Ci[A]elo?///

Well, [Em]tell my family [A]not to worry, [G]I will not [A]return

to cause them [D]shame./

Outro: [G]///[A]///[Em][A][G][A][D]///

Enjoy!

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