Key: A
Introduction:
Am Am/G F C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
G F
I heard Maria crying
Am Am/G F C
Late last night I heard the news
G F
That Veracruz was dying
Am G F
Veracruz was dy---ing (hold)
Am Am/G F C
Someone called Maria's name
G F
I swear it was my father's voice
Am Am/G F C
Saying, "If you stay, you'll all be slain
G F
You must leave now, you have no choice
Am Am/G F C
Take the servants and ride west
G F
Keep the child close to your chest
Am Am/G F C
When the American troops withdraw
G F
Let Zapata take the rest"
Am Am/G F C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
G F
I heard Maria call-ing
Am Am/C G F
Vera-cruz is dy--ing,
F G C
And Cuerna - vaca's falling" (hold)
F G C
Aquel dia yo jure (On that day I swore)
F G C
Hacia el puerto volvere, (To the port I will return)
G F
Aunque el destino cambio mi vida, (Even though destiny changed my life)
Dm G
En Veracruz morire (hold) (In Veracruz I shall die)
F G
Aquel dia yo jure (On that day I swore)
Am Am/G F C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
G F
I heard them in the har-bor
Am Am/C G F
Saying Vera - cruz was dy--ing