Sonoras Death Row

[D][A][D][G][A][D]

Chords used:


[D]  [Bm]  [G]  [D]  [G]

1.Verse:

Well the  D Mezcal is free in  Bm Amanda's saloon
For the  G boys from the old Broken  D O
Saturday nights in the  Bm town of Sonora
Are the  G best in all Mexi D co
They've got  G guitars and trumpets and  D/F
Who  Em won't want to let you  A go
You'd  D never believe such a  Bm gay happy town
Had a  G street named Sonora's Death  D Row  G

2.Verse:

Well  D inside Amanda's  Bm we were all dancin'
With  G all of Amanda's  D gals
I won some silver at  Bm seven card stud
So  G I was outdoin' my  D pals
But the  G whiskey and mezcal and  D/F
 Em Drove me outside for some  A air
Where  D somebody whispered "Your  Bm life or your money"
I  G reached but my gun wasn't  D there  G

 [D]  [Bm]  [G]  [D]  [G]

3.Verse:

I  D woke up face down in A Bm manda's back alley
[A] [G] ware of the fool I had  [D] been
I rushed to my pony, I  Bm grabbed my Winchester
And I  [G] entered Amanda's [A] [D] gain
Where  G I saw my partners  D/F
And  [Em] throwin' my money [A] [A] round
 D Blinded by rage,  Bm I pulled the trigger
And  G one of them fell to the  D ground  G

 [D]  [Bm]  [G]  [D]  [G]

4.Verse:

Well A D manda's grew silent like  Bm night in the desert
My  G friends stared in pure dis D belief
Amanda was kneeling be Bm side the dead cowboy
 [G] Plainly expressing her  [D] grief
And as  G I bowed my head, a  D/F
My  Em six-gun was there at my  A side
I  D felt in my pockets and  Bm there was my money
I  G fell to my knees and I  D cried  G

5.Verse:

For a  D nightmare of mezcal was  Bm all that it was
 G No one had robbed me at  D all
I wish I was dreamin' the  Bm sound of the gallows
They're  G testin' just outside the  D walls
And the  G mezcal's still free in A D/F
For the  Em boys from the old Broken  A O
And  D I'd give a ransom to  Bm drink there today
And be  G free of Sonora's Death  D Row  G
Yeah I'd give a ransom to  Bm drink there today
And be  G free of Sonora's Death  D Row  G

Tom calles this "the best cowboy twist-of-fate song ever written", Robert Earl Keen and
Richard Shindell has also done it.