jason boland
song:  Gallo Del Cielo
written by:  tom russell

this is a song jason sometimes does live, joe ely also recorded it.  i have 
seen jason play this with and without a capo.

capo at third fret

(G)(A)(Em)(A)(G)(A)(D)

(D)Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when
the (Em)moon was full
No (A)money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister
framed in (D)gold
He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo
Del Ci(Em)elo
Then he (A)swam the Rio Grande with that (G)fighter nestled
(A)deep beneath his (D)arm.

El (D)Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven so the
(Em)legends say
His (A)wings they had been broken, he had one eye 
rollin' crazy in his (D)head
And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the legends say
that one night near El (Em)Sueco
They'd (A)fought Gallo seven times, and (G)seven times he'd
(A)left brave roosters (D)dead.

(G)Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San
An(A)tonio
I have (Em)27 (A)dollars and the (Em)good luck of your picture
framed in (A)gold
(G)Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo
Del Ci(A)elo
And then (Em)I'll return to (A)buy the land (G)Villa stole
from (A)father long (D)ago.

Out(D)side of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco
Monte(Em)verde
The (A)Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of
(D)silk
And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed
del Cielo from (Em)beneath his coat
But they (A)cried when Zaragoza walked a(G)way with a
(A)thousand dollar (D)bill.

(G)Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in
Santa (A)Barbara
I have (Em)fifteen hundred (A)dollars and the (Em)good luck of
your picture framed in (A)gold
(G)Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo
Del Ci(A)elo
And then (Em)I'll return to (A)buy the land (G)Villa stole
from (A)father long (D)ago.

Now the (D)moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light
spills shadows on a (Em)fighting sand
Where a (A)wicked black named Zorro faces del Cielo
in the (D)night
But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs
across his (Em)rooster's beak
And he (A)fears he has lost the fifty (G)thousand dollars
(A)riding on the (D)fight.

(G)Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in
Santa (A)Clara
Yes, the (Em)money's on the (A)table, I am (Em)holding to
your /good luck framed in (A)gold
And (G)everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs
of Del Ci(A)elo
I pray that (Em)I'll return to (A)buy the land (G)Villa stole
from (A)father long (D)ago.

Then the (D)signal it was given, and the cocks rose
together far (Em)above the sand
El (A)Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny
(D)breast
They were separated quickly but they rose and fought
each other thirty (Em)seven times
And the (A)legends say that everyone (G)agreed that del
Ci(A)elo fought the (D)best.

Then the (D)screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside
the town of Santa (Em)Clara
As the (A)beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within
his (D)hand
And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the
bones of Pancho (Em)Villa
When (A)Zorro rose up one last time and (G)drove del
Ci(A)elo through the (D)sand.

(G)Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in
San Fran(A)cisco
I have no (Em)money in my (A)pocket, I no (Em)longer have
your good luck framed in (A)gold
I (G)buried it last evening with the bones of my
beloved Del Ci(A)elo
And I'll (Em)not return to (A)buy the land (G)Villa stole from
(A)father long (D)ago.

Do the (G)rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved
Casas (A)Grandes?

oes the (Em)scar upon my (A)brother's face turn (Em)red when
he hears mention of my (A)name?
Do the (G)people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo
del Ci(A)elo?
Well, (Em)tell my family (A)not to worry, (G)I will not (A)return
to cause them (D)shame.

(G)(A)(Em)(A)(G)(A)(D)