Cortez the killer
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(6x)
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1. He came dancing across the water, with his galleons and guns,
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lookin' for the new world and the
palace in the sun.
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On the shore lay Montezuma, with
his coca leaves and pearls,
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in his halls he often wandered
with the secrets of the world.
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2. And his subjects gathered round him, like the leaves around the tree,
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in their
clothes of many colors for the angry gods to see.
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And the women all were beautiful and the men stood straight and strong,
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they offered life in sacrifice,
so that others could go on.
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3. Hate was just a legend, and war was never known,
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people worked together, and
they lifted many stones.
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And they carried them to the
flatlands, but they died along the way,
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and they built up with their
bare hands, what we still can't do today.
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4. And I know she's living there, and she loves me to this day,
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I still can't remember when, or how I lost my way.
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He came dancing across the water, Cortez, Cortez, what a killer.
+ Em - D - Am - C - D …. (Neil Young)