Ballad of Lupe Montosa
Peacemakers
from David Cushman, http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dcushman/guitar.html


Lyrics from "Semifamous," http://www.semifamous.com

Intro:
GG CC  G (320003@1)           G (320003@1)                   CWell, (x32010@1)they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
                G (320003@1)                         DThey (xx0232@1)gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
               G (320003@1)          B7(x24242)
They stole his only silver ring
             C7(x35353)         A7(575655)
They wrecked all his distilling things
           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa

              G (320003@1)               CThey (x32010@1)found an old curandero, to bury the mescalero 
          G (320003@1)                         DWhile (xx0232@1)his family cried for thirteen nights and days...
        G (320003@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)    Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)    CWhen (x32010@1)Lupito asked his momma why his papa had to go and die,
         Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)              Em (022000@1)    GShe (320003@1)said, "Dios works in the most loco of ways"

Interlude: G G C G

        G (320003@1)                             CSo, (x32010@1)the Padre tried to settle down, the angry mob that gathered round
        G (320003@1)                                 D (xx0232@1)            D7He (xx0212@1)said, "Let no more tears flow, let's let no more blood spill. 
         G (320003@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)    CPeople (x32010@1)don't you take revenge, in time the lord will surely avenge this crime
    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)          GFor (320003@1)Lupe, and the untimely death of our still."

           G (320003@1)                   CWell, (x32010@1)they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
                G (320003@1)                         DThey (xx0232@1)gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
               G (320003@1)          B7They (x21202@1)stole his only silver ring
             C7 (x32310@1)               A7They (x02020@1)wrecked all his distilling things
           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa

Solo
GG CC DD GE DG GG G (320003@1)                    G (320003@1)                        CWhen (x32010@1)they found the man who shot down poor old Lupe,
               G (320003@1)                      DYou (xx0232@1)know their lives were just barely a-flicker...
           G (320003@1)            B7See (x21202@1)they'd all lost their minds,
            C7 (x32310@1)           A7Each (x02020@1)one was permanently blind, 
      G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)         GWith (320003@1)drinking too much of poor Lupe's good liquor

           G (320003@1)                   CYeah, (x32010@1)they shot down poor Lupe Montosa
                G (320003@1)                         DThey (xx0232@1)gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
               G (320003@1)          B7They (x21202@1)stole his only silver ring
             C7 (x32310@1)               A7They (x02020@1)wrecked all his distilling things
           G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa

Outro:
GG CC  G (320003@1)