E|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------------| B|--5-5-5-5-5-6-5---------------------------5------------------5--8--------8--5--6--5-------5-5-6--8-8-8-8| G|-----------------5--7--4--4-4-4-5-5-7-7-7----7--5--4---5--7-------------------------777-7---------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------5----------------------------| B|-5--6--5---66----66----66---------------b8-------------------------------| G|---------7----7-----7-----7---------b7-----------------------------------| D|---------------------------------7---------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1] A G He was nobly born C A And a Spanish bull's horn F G E Had left one scar on his handsome face A G He stood like a prince C A And he had ever since F G E He had grandly walked into the place D C Though the girls of Madrid Bb A Tonight were forbid G F E For tomorrow he must fight once more A G Before he left the ball C A He would dance with them all F G A 'Cause he was El Toreador [Verse 2] A G The day of the feast C A Was just a light in the east F G E When he left Maria's warm bed A G Her dark eyes said "more" C A But he walked thru the door F G A Shaking cobwebs of dreams from his head D C And later that day Bb A As he knelt to pray G F E He said God grant me this nothing more A G If it is the way C A And I must die today F G A Let me die like a Toreador [Verse 3] E The Plaza del Toros E Shook from the roar F E F G F E As the band played the Toreador's theme E Alarmed by the sound E The bull paws the ground F E F G F E As the Toreador enters the ring E Up and down E Round and round E On and on, all alone [Verse 4] A G The shouts of olé C A In the heat of the day F G E Rushed the hot blood to his Spanish heart A G And the crowd held their breath C A As he flirted with death F G A And the bull fighter's sword found it's mark D C And trying to hide Bb A The wound in his side G F E He walked from the ring standing tall [Outro] A G And a crowd gathered round C A As he fell to the ground A G A priest held his hand C A Where he lay in the sand A G And he was heard to say C A A brave bull died today F G A But he died like a Toreador