Sonoras Death Row Chords & Lyrics - Mark Erelli

[INTRO]
[C]

[VERSE]
Mescal is free at A[Am]manda's saloon
For the [F]boy's from the old Broken [C]O
Saturday nights in the [Am]town of Sonora
Are the [F]best in all Mexi[C]co
They've got [F]guitars and trumpets and [C]sweet senoritas
Who [F]won't want to let you [C]go
You'd never believe such a [Am]happy town
On t[F]he street called Sonor[C]a's Death Row

[VERSE]
Inside Amanda's [Am]we was a dancing
With [F]all of Amanda's [C]gals
I won some silver at [Am]seven card stud
So [F]I was outdoing my [C]pals
But the [F]whiskey and mescal, peso ci[C]gars
[F]Drove me outside for some [C]air
Somebody whispered "Your [Am]life or your money"
I [F]reached, but my gun wasn't [C]there

[VERSE]
I woke up face down in A[Am]manda's back alley
A[F]ware of the fool I had [C]been
Rushed to my pony, [Am]grabbed my Winchester
And I e[F]ntered Amanda's a[C]gain
Where [F]I saw my partners twirling my [C]pistols
And [F]throwing my money a[C]round
Blinded by anger, I [Am]jacked the lever
And [F]one of them fell to the [C]ground

[VERSE]
Amanda's got silent like [Am]night in the desert
My [F]friends stared in pure disbe[C]lief
Amanda was kneeling be[Am]side the dead cowboy
[F]Plainly expressing her [C]grief
And as [F]I bowed my head, a tremble shot [C]through me
My [F]six-gun was still at my [C]side
I felt my pockets, [Am]there was my money
I [F]fell to my knees and I [C]cried

[VERSE]
A nightmare of mescal is [Am]all that it was
For [F]no one had robbed me at [C]all
I wish I was dreaming the [Am]sound of the gallows
They're [F]testing just outside the [C]wall
The [F]mescal's still free at A[C]manda's saloon
For the [F]boy's from the old Broken [C]O
I'd give a ransom to [Am]drink there today
And be [F]free of Sonora's death [C]row
I'd give a ransom to [Am]drink there today
And be [F]free of Sonora's death [C]row