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Ballad of Lupe Montosa

Roger Clyne
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Ballad of Lupe Montosa
Peacemakers
from David Cushman, http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dcushman/guitar.html
Lyrics from "Semifamous," http://www.semifamous.com
Intro:
     
Well, they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
G B7(x24242)
They stole his only silver ring
C7(x35353) A7(575655)
They wrecked all his distilling things
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
They found an old curandero, to bury the mescalero
While his family cried for thirteen nights and days...
When Lupito asked his momma why his papa had to go and die,
She said, "Dios works in the most loco of ways"
Interlude: G G C G
So, the Padre tried to settle down, the angry mob that gathered round
He said, "Let no more tears flow, let's let no more blood spill.
People don't you take revenge, in time the lord will surely avenge this crime
For Lupe, and the untimely death of our still."
Well, they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
They stole his only silver ring
They wrecked all his distilling things
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
Solo
             
When they found the man who shot down poor old Lupe,
You know their lives were just barely a-flicker...
See they'd all lost their minds,
Each one was permanently blind,
With drinking too much of poor Lupe's good liquor
Yeah, they shot down poor Lupe Montosa
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
They stole his only silver ring
They wrecked all his distilling things
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
Outro:
     

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