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neil young  - cortez the killer

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Guitar6String  Tabwww.guitartabs.cc2012/01/28 18:06:17

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Cortez The Killer (performed acoustic)
       by Neil Young
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Transcribed by Soenen Martijn ([email protected]) 20:01 18/02/2001

NOTES:  This is a simple chord transcription of this beautiful song.
I putted the hammer-on things in the chord progression in tabs
        so you have an idea of how you can play the chords changes.

CHORDS used in this song:

 EADGBD

Em7      x22030
D        x00230
Am7      x02010
Am7+5th  x02030

INTRO:

E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G |--4h5/7-7-4-7-4-|-4h5/7-7-2-2/4-|-4h5-5-4-5/7-7-|4-4h5-5-4-5/7/9-|
D |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|

               Em7       D      Am7   Am7+5th
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/neil_young/cortez_the_killer_tab_ver_2.html ]
       (D)|----------0-0-----0-0---0-0----------------|
      B |--3-3-----3-3-----0h1---1h3------------------|
      G |--0-0-----0h2-----0-0---0-0-2----------------|
      D |--0h2-----0-0-----2-2---2-2-0----------------|
      A |--2-2-------------0-0---0-0------------------|
      E |---------------------------------------------|

        Em7
He came dancing across the water
         D
With his galleons and guns
Am7             Am7+5th
Looking for the new world
                                Am7           Am7+5th
In that palace in the sun


On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colours
For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones

They carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer