"Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin "Blackie" Farrell) As done by: Tom Russell From: "Cowboy Real" (Sonet - 1991) Chords by: Tabbedout Tuning: DADGAD Capo 3rd fret: Chords used: D: 004200 Bm: 024000 G: 550000 D/F#: 440200 Em: 220000 A: 002200 Intro: (D)(Bm)(G)(D)(G) 1.Verse: Well the (D)Mezcal is free in (Bm)Amanda's saloon For the (G)boys from the old Broken (D)O Saturday nights in the (Bm)town of Sonora Are the (G)best in all Mexi(D)co They've got (G)guitars and trumpets and (D/F#)sweet senoritas Who (Em)won't want to let you (A)go You'd (D)never believe such a (Bm)gay happy town Had a (G)street named Sonora's Death (D)Row (G) 2.Verse: Well (D)inside Amanda's (Bm)we were all dancin' With (G)all of Amanda's (D)gals I won some silver at (Bm)seven card stud So (G)I was outdoin' my (D)pals But the (G)whiskey and mezcal and (D/F#)peso cigars (Em)Drove me outside for some (A)air Where (D)somebody whispered "Your (Bm)life or your money" I (G)reached but my gun wasn't (D)there (G) (D)(Bm)(G)(D)(G) 3.Verse: I (D)woke up face down in A(Bm)manda's back alley A(G)ware of the fool I had (D)been I rushed to my pony, I (Bm)grabbed my Winchester And I (G)entered Amanda's A(D)gain Where (G)I saw my partners (D/F#)twirlin' my pistols And (Em)throwin' my money A(A)round (D)Blinded by rage, (Bm)I pulled the trigger And (G)one of them fell to the (D)ground (G) (D)(Bm)(G)(D)(G) 4.Verse: Well A(D)manda's grew silent like (Bm)night in the desert My (G)friends stared in pure dis(D)belief Amanda was kneeling be(Bm)side the dead cowboy (G)Plainly expressing her (D)grief And as (G)I bowed my head, a (D/F#)tremble shot through me My (Em)six-gun was there at my (A)side I (D)felt in my pockets and (Bm)there was my money I (G)fell to my knees and I (D)cried (G) 5.Verse: For a (D)nightmare of mezcal was (Bm)all that it was (G)No one had robbed me at (D)all I wish I was dreamin' the (Bm)sound of the gallows They're (G)testin' just outside the (D)walls And the (G)mezcal's still free in A(D/F#)manda's saloon For the (Em)boys from the old Broken (A)O And (D)I'd give a ransom to (Bm)drink there today And be (G)free of Sonora's Death (D)Row (G) Yeah I'd give a ransom to (Bm)drink there today And be (G)free of Sonora's Death (D)Row (G) Tom calles this "the best cowboy twist-of-fate song ever written", Robert Earl Keen and Richard Shindell has also done it.
