El Toreador

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[Verse 1]

A           G
He was nobly born
C           A
And a Spanish bull's horn
F               G                 E
Had left one scar on his handsome face
A           G
He stood like a prince
C           A
And he had ever since
F               G                 E
He had grandly walked into the place

D                   C
Though the girls of Madrid
Bb                A
Tonight were forbid
G            F                    E
For tomorrow he must fight once more
A           G
Before he left the ball
C           A
He would dance with them all
F      G               A
'Cause he was El Toreador

[Verse 2]

A          G
The day of the feast
C               A
Was just a light in the east
F        G                 E
When he left Maria's warm bed
A          G
Her dark eyes said "more"
C               A
But he walked thru the door
F        G                          A
Shaking cobwebs of dreams from his head

D               C
And later that day
Bb                A
As he knelt to pray
G            F                    E
He said God grant me this nothing more
A          G
If it is the way
C           A
And I must die today
F      G               A
Let me die like a Toreador

[Verse 3]

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The Plaza del Toros
E
Shook from the roar
F                         E     F       G  F  E
As the band played the Toreador's theme
E
Alarmed by the sound
E
The bull paws the ground
F                         E     F       G  F  E
As the Toreador enters the ring
E
Up and down
E
Round and round
E
On and on, all alone



[Verse  4]

A          G
The shouts of olé
C              A
In the heat of the day
F                G                 E
Rushed the hot blood to his Spanish heart
A                G
And the crowd held their breath
C              A
As he flirted with death
F                G                    A
And the bull fighter's sword found it's mark
D            C
And trying to hide
Bb        A
The wound in his side
G              F              E
He walked from the ring standing tall


[Outro]

A           G
And a crowd gathered round
C              A
As he fell to the ground
A           G
A priest held his hand
C              A
Where he lay in the sand
A           G
And he was heard to say
C              A
A brave bull died today
F           G            A
But he died like a Toreador