STANDARD TUNING
B F#
Alberto hits his brother on the back of the head
B
looks to the north as he starts to get up
F#
his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not light yet,"
B
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"
E B
darkness on the road and over the land
F# B
into the laws and out of the hands
E
from those with so much
B
and no show of heart
F#
you'd think it'd be crazy
B F# B F# B
to ask for a small part
F#
spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
B
resting on cactus and feasting on snakes
F#
but the waters recede as the dump closes in
B
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children
E B
poison in the stream that flows to the sea
F# B
out on the waves that crash within reach
E
of those with so much
B
and so little to fear
F#
you'd think it'd be crazy
B
to be so far away yet so near
C#m E B
some say a new day will shine here
C#m E D# E
over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune
B
all across the wire
B F#
Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
B
and dodging the border patrol
F#
out in the wastelands wandering for days
B
the future looks bleak with no sign of change
E
darkness in the eye
B
and down in the soul
F#
all across the wire
B
to those in control
E
holding so much
B
with no show of heart
F#
you think it'd be crazy
B
to watch it all fall apart
E F# B
watch it all fall apart