Billy Walker - Matamoros

In ^Dold Mexico I stand on the square in Mata^Gmoros Round the ^A7plaza the couples are walking to music so ^Dsweet ^DI found my love not too long ago in Mata^Gmoros But I’^A7m feeling low as the beggar who sits in th^De street

Oh the ^Gpromises that she made with eyes black as midnight ^E7How could I know how fickle her promise could ^A7be Now ^DI’m back to find what I feel is mine in M^Gatamoros And ^A7there’ll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating o^Dn me

^DStreets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Mata^Gmoros I ^A7stop for one moment outside of Miguel’s swingin^Dg door My ^Dheart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of ^GGrenada She ^A7once called it our song and vowed she’d be mine e^Dvermore

Then a^Gcross the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her ^E7Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black ^A7hair Fate ^Dmay take a hand when I face this man from Mata^Gmoros For the ^A7love of my woman is one thing that I'll never ^Dshare

Now ^DI walk in the night far away from the lights of Mata^Gmoros And re^A7call the last moments when I knew she loved me more than ^Dlife I can ^Dstill hear her cry I love you and I’ll prove it ^GMañana Then ^A7seeing my danger she jumped in front of his ^Dknife

I ^Gknow the stories they’ll tell in the dim lit casinos ^E7Of the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the ^A7floor They’l^Dl speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Mat^Goamoros And ^A7wonder what happened for he never returned any^Dmore