Sonoras Death Row
Tom Russell
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D Bm G D G [Verse]D Bm Well the Mezcal is free in Amanda's saloonG D For the boys from the old Broken OBm Saturday nights in the town of SonoraG D Are the best in all Mexi coG They've got guitars and trumpetsD/F# and sweet senoritasEm A Who won't want to let you goD Bm You'd never believe such a gay happy townG Had a street named Sonora's DeathD G Row [Verse]D Bm Well inside Amanda's we were all dancin'G D With all of Amanda's galsBm I won some silver at seven card studG D So I was outdoin' my palsG But the whiskey and mezcal and pesoD/F# cigarsEm A Drove me outside for some airD Bm Where somebody whispered "Your life or your money"Continues after the adG D G I reached but my gun wasn't there [Instrumental]D Bm G D G [Verse]D Bm I woke up face down in A manda's back alleyG D A ware of the fool I had beenBm I rushed to my pony, I grabbed my WinchesterG D And I entered Amanda's A gainG D/F# Where I saw my partners twirlin' my pistolsEm A And throwin' my money A roundD Bm Blinded by rage, I pulled the triggerG D G And one of them fell to the ground [Instrumental]D Bm G D G [Verse]D Well A manda's grew silent likeBm night in the desertG D My friends stared in pure dis beliefBm Amanda was kneeling be side the dead cowboyG D Plainly expressing her griefG D/F# And as I bowed my head, a tremble shot through meEm A My six-gun was there at my sideD Bm I felt in my pockets and there was my moneyG D G I fell to my knees and I cried [Verse]D Bm For a nightmare of mezcal was all that it wasG D No one had robbed me at allBm I wish I was dreamin' the sound of the gallowsG They're testin' just outside theD wallsG And the mezcal's still free in AD/F# manda's saloonEm A For the boys from the old Broken OD Bm And I'd give a ransom to drink there todayG D G And be free of Sonora's Death RowBm Yeah I'd give a ransom to drink there todayG D G And be free of Sonora's Death Row