Tom Russell - Guadalupe
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
There are ghosts out in the rain tonight
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High up in those ancient trees
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And I have given up without a fight
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Another blind fool on his knees
And all the gods that I've abandoned
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Begin to speak in simple tongue
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And, suddenly, I've come to know
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That there are no roads left to run
[Verse 2]
Now it's the hour of dogs a-barking
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That's what the old ones used to say
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It's first light, or it's sundown
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Before the children cease their play
And when the mountains glow like mission wine
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Or turn grey like a Spanish roan
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Ten thousand eyes will stop to worship
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Then turn away, and head for home
[Chorus]
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And she is reaching out her arms tonight
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And, yes, my poverty is real
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I pray roses shall rain down again
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From Guadalupe, on her hill
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And, who am I to doubt these mysteries
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Cured in centuries of blood, and candle smoke?
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I am the least of all your pilgrims here
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But I am most in need of hope
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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She appeared to Juan Diego
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She left her image on his cape
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Five hundred years of sorrow
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Cannot destroy their deepest faith
So, here I am, your ragged disbeliever
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A doubting Thomas drowns in tears
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As I watch your church sink through the earth
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Like a heart worn down through fear
[Chorus]
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And she is reaching out her arms tonight
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And, yes, my poverty is real
Am D
I pray roses shall rain down again
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From Guadalupe, on her hill
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And, who am I to doubt these mysteries
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Cured in centuries of blood, and candle smoke?
Am D
I am the least of all your pilgrims here
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But I am most in need of hope
Am D
I am the least of all your pilgrims here
G
But I am most in need of hope
[Outro]
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