Tom Russell - Gallo del cielo

Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the ^Dmmoon was full No ^Gmoney in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in ^Cgold He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Ci^Dmelo Then he ^Gswam the Rio Grande with that ^Ffighter nestled ^Gdeep beneath his ^Carm

El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven, so the ^Dmlegends say His ^Gwings they had been broken, he had one eye rolling crazy in his ^Chead And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the legends say that one night near El ^DmSueco They'd ^Gfought Gallo seven times, and ^Fseven times he'd ^Gleft brave roosters ^Cdead

^FHola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San An^Gtonio I have ^Dm27 ^Gdollars and the ^Dmgood luck of your picture framed in ^Ggold ^FTonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Ci^Gelo And then ^DmI'll return to ^Gbuy the land ^FVilla stole from ^Gfather long a^Cgo

Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco Monte^Dmverde The ^GPride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of ^Csilk And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed del Cielo from be^Dmneath his coat But they ^Gcried when Zaragoza walked a^Fway with a ^Gthousand dollar ^Cbill

^FHola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa ^GBarbara I have ^Dmfifteen hundred ^Gdollars and the ^Dmgood luck of your picture framed in ^Ggold ^FTonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Ci^Gelo And then ^DmI'll return to ^Gbuy the land ^FVilla stole from ^Gfather long a^Cgo

Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light spills shadows on a ^Dmfighting sand Where a ^Gwicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the ^Cnight But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his ^Dmrooster's beak And he ^Gfears he has lost the fifty ^Fthousand dollars ^Griding on the ^Cfight

^FHola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa ^GClara Yes, the ^Dmmoney's on the ^Gtable, I am ^Dmholding to your good luck framed in ^Ggold And ^Feverything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Ci^Gelo I pray that ^DmI'll return to ^Gbuy the land ^FVilla stole from ^Gfather long a^Cgo

Then the signal it was given, and the cocks rose together far ^Dmabove the sand El ^GGallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny ^Cbreast They were separated quickly but they rose and fought each other thirty-^Dmseven times And the ^Glegends say that everyone ^Fagreed that del Ci^Gelo fought the ^Cbest

Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside the town of Santa ^DmClara As the ^Gbeak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his ^Chand And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho ^DmVilla When ^GZorro rose up one last time and ^Fdrove del Ci^Gelo through the ^Csand

^FHola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Fran^Gcisco I have no ^Dmmoney in my ^Gpocket, I no ^Dmlonger have your good luck framed in ^Ggold I ^Fburied it last evening with the bones of my beloved Del Ci^Gelo And I'll ^Dmnot return to ^Gbuy the land ^FVilla stole from ^Gfather long a^Cgo

Do the ^Frivers still run muddy outside of my beloved Casas ^GGrandes? Does the ^Dmscar upon my ^Gbrother's face turn ^Dmred when he hears mention of my ^Gname? Do the ^Fpeople of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Ci^Gelo? Well, ^Dmtell my family ^Gnot to worry, ^FI will not ^Greturn to cause them ^Cshame