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