[ Cortez the Killer von Neil Young ]



	CORTEZ THE KILLER - NEIL YOUNG
	------------------------------
	from: ZUMA




	INTRO & CHORDS:
	D ----------0---------0------0-------------0--
	B ----------0---------3------1-------------3--
	G ----------0---------2------0-------------5--
	D ----------2---------0------2-------------5--
	A ----------2----------------0-------------0--
	E ----------0---------------------------------
	            Em        D      Am7           Am7*

	Em 
	He came dancing across the water
	           D 
	With his galleons and guns
	Am7
	Looking for the new world
	                       Am7*
	In that palace in the sun

	Em
	On the shore lay Montezuma
	          D 
	With his coca leaves and pearls
	Am7
	In his halls he often wandered
	                         Am7*
	With the secrets of the worlds.
	         Em       
	And his subjects gathered 'round him
	           D
	Like the leaves around a tree
	           Am7
	In their clothes of many colours
	                      Am7*
	For the angry gods to see.
	          Em
	And the women all were beautiful
	         D 
	And the men stood straight and strong
	       Am7
	They offered life in sacrifice
	                        Am7*
	So that others could go on.

	Hate was just a legend
	And war was never known
	The people worked together
	And they lifted many stones

	They carried them to the flatlands
	And they died along the way
	But they built up with their bare hands
	What we still can't do today.

	And I know she's living there
	And she loves me to this day
	I still can't remember when
	Or how I lost my way.

	He came dancing across the water
	Cortez, Cortez
	What a killer.


	GUITAR SOLO USING THE SAME CHORDS:

	  Em7 (Bar Chord)  
	D ------------7-------------------7----------------
	B ---------8-----8-------------8-----8-------------
	G --------7---------7---------7---------7----------
	D -------9-------------9-----9-------------9-------
	A ----7-------------------7------------------------
	E -------------------------------------------------

	  D(Bar chord with 3rd finger over G,B&D strings)
	D ------------7--------------------7-------------
	B ---------7-----7--------------7-----7----------
	G --------7---------7----------7---------7-------
	D -------7--------------7-----7--------------7---
	A ----5--------------------5---------------------
	E -----------------------------------------------

	  Am7 (Bar Chord) 4 times this time not 2
	D ----------5--6--5---------------5--6--5-------
	B ---------5-----------5-------5-----------5----
	G --------5-------------------5-----------------
	D -------5-------------------5------------------
	A ----7-------------------7---------------------
	E ----------------------------------------------