El Salvador
Christy MooreVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
A girl cries in the early morning
Woken by the sound of a gun
She knows somewhere somebodys dying
Beneath the rising sun
Outside the window of her cabania
The shadows are full of her fears
She knows her lover is out there somewhere
He's been on the run for a year
Oh,the soul of El salvador
Bells ring out on the chapel steeple
A priest prepares to say mass
The sad congregation come tierd and hungry
To pray that the troubles will pass
Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets
Where his body was found
Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood
Where the crowd gathers round.
out on the ranch the rich mans preparing
to go for his morning ride
they've saddled his horse out in the corral
he walks out full of pride
he looks like a cowboy from one of those pictures
a president made in the past
peasants in rags, they stand back for they know
that enrico gallops fast
Over the soul of El Salvador.
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Readable chord sheet for El Salvador by Christy Moore
A [Am]girl cries in the ea[G]rly morning [Em]Woken by the sound of a [Am]gun [Am]She knows somewhere[G] somebodys dying [Em]Beneath the rising[F] sun [C]Outside the windo[G]w of her cabania The[Am] shadows are full of her fea[Em]rs [C]She knows her lover is [G]out there somewhere He's [Am]been on the run for a [Em]year [F]Oh,th[G]e soul of El sal[Am]vador Bells ring out on the chapel steeple A priest prepares to say mass The sad congregation come tierd and hungry To pray that the troubles will pass Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets Where his body was found Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood Where the crowd gathers round. out on the ranch the rich mans preparing to go for his morning ride they've saddled his horse out in the corral he walks out full of pride he looks like a cowboy from one of those pictures a president made in the past peasants in rags, they stand back for they know that enrico gallops fast Over the soul of El Salvador.