Cifras
Veracruz

Tom: A

Introdução:

F    G  
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)
F    C    G    C  
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"
          F  Etº...)  
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
          F  Etº...)  
                  Am            Am/C            G      F  
Saying Vera - cruz was dy--ing