Gallo del Cielo Lyrics
by Tom Russell
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From: Dean Munyon
Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 12:57 PM
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Gallo Del Cielo, by Tom Russell
Written in a garage in Mountain View, CA in 1979
This version from the "Poor Man's Dream" album.
Tom Russell has several different versions of this song on his
various albums. This is one is characterized by a very strong
alternating bass line.
chord
Each or "/" indicates one measure. (The "/" means repeat the last-
notated chord).
Key of F: play in D and capo at third fret
Intro: /////////
Carlos Zara/goza left his /home in Casas /Grandes when
the moon was full///
No money in his /pocket, just a /locket of his /sister
framed in gold///
He /rode into El /Sueco, stole a /rooster called /Gallo
Del Cielo///
Then he swam the Rio /Grande with that fighter nestled
deep beneath his arm.///
El Gallo Del Ci/elo was a /rooster born in /heaven so the
legends say///
His wings they had been /broken, he had /one eye
rollin' /crazy in his head///
And he'd /fought a hundred fights, /and the /legends say
that /one night near El Sueco///
They'd fought Gallo /seven times, and seven times he'd
left brave roosters dead./
Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in San
Antonio///
I have 27 dollars and the good luck of your /picture
framed in gold/
Tonight I'll put it /all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo
Del Cielo///
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole
from father long ago.///
Outside of San Di/ego, in the /onion fields of /Paco
Monteverde///
The Pride of San Di/ego lay /sleeping on a /fancy bed of
silk///
And they /laughed when Zara/goza pulled the /one-eyed
del Ci/elo from beneath his coat///
But they cried when Zara/goza walked away with a
thousand dollar bill./
Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in
Santa Barbara///
I have fifteen hundred dollars and the good luck of
your /picture framed in gold/
Tonight I'll /put it all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo
Del Cielo///
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole
from father long ago.///
Now the moon has gone to /hiding and the /lantern light
spills /shadows on a fighting sand///
Where a wicked black named /Zorro faces /Gallo del Ci/elo
in the night///
But /Carlos Zara/goza fears the /tiny crack that /runs
across his rooster's beak///
And he fears he has /lost the fifty thousand dollars
riding on the fight./
Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in
Santa Clara///
Yes, the money's on the table, I am holding to
your /good luck framed in gold/
And everything we've /dreamed of is /riding on the /spurs
of Del Cielo///
I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole
from father long ago.///
Then the signal it was /given, and the /cocks rose
to/gether far above the sand///
El Gallo del Ci/elo sunk a /gaff into /Zorro's shiny
breast///
They were /separated /quickly but they /rose and fought
each /other thirty seven times///
And the legends say that /everyone agreed that del
Cielo fought the best.///
Then the screams of Zara/goza filled the /night outside
the /town of Santa Clara///
As the beak of del Ci/elo lay /broken like a /shell within
his hand///
And they /say that Zara/goza screamed a /curse upon the
/bones of Pancho Villa///
When Zorro rose up /one last time and drove del
Cielo through the sand./
Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in
San Francisco///
I have no money in my pocket, I no longer have
your /good luck framed in gold/
I buried it last /evening with the /bones of my
/beloved Del Cielo///
And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole from
father long ago./
Do the rivers still run /muddy out/side of my /beloved
Casas Grandes?///
oes the scar upon my brother's face turn red when
he hears /mention of my name?/
Do the people of El /Sueco /curse the theft of /Gallo
del Cielo?///
Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not return
to cause them shame./
Outro: /////////
Enjoy!
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