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Cortez The Killer by Neil Young
Cortez The Killer
The chord voicing is generally: Em7, D and Am7. On Zuma and live,
variations off the root come in, a la Em, Dsus2, Dsus4, Am7, Am
Am7sus4, Asus2, etc...
Standard tuning adaptation
RYTHYM:
|/Em7 /D /Am7 / :|| - repeat until you die.
[INTRO-SOLO I]
0:00
Em7 D
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0_2=============-/4-----------4\2-|----------------0----------------|
A||----------------|-----------------2---------------|---------------5/
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am7
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|/7--7\(__0)===---|----------------|3--3/5--5/7-----|----------------|
E||----------------5-----3'---------|------------5---|----------------|
Em7 D
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||-5--7(7)(7)(7)--4^-7-7-4====-----|-(7)-9-9-9\\7---|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|--5--/7---------|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am7 0:30
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|------------5-5-57-7-------------|----------------|
D||---9__7-9---7--10-9__7----------------5--(5)----feedback-----------|
A||----------------|-------10-------|---------------------------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D
e||----------------|-------------|--|---------------/3-3==/5=---------|
B||-7/9-10/12==12==|------5-5/7/<9 -|{5------5-------|-------5-55-5===|
G||----------------|-7==------------|{5---5----5-5---|-------5-----5==|
D|77---------------|-7==------------|{5---5------5---|--------------5=|
A||----------------|-5==------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|{5--------------|----------------|
Em7 0:52 D(sus2) Am7
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||-----3-33-0---3-0---5-5-----5===-|---5.5.5--5-----|----3=3======---|
G||-0-x-0-00-0---0-0-7-7--7====-7==-|---5.5.5--5-----|-0==0=0======---|
D||-2-x-2----------|-7-----7===--7==|-5---------7\5--|-2======-0======|
A||-2--------------|-5-----5=5==--5=|--------------7-|-0========------|
E||----------------|----------------|-5--------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7
e||----------------|----------------|---5-5-5-\------|----------------|
B||--------3-3--0==|-7---7-------7==\-5------5\------|-5==--5-5-------|
G|2/4------0-0--0==|-7----(77)-5-7==\-5--------------5-5==--5-5---5-5-|
D||--0_2-2---------|-7-7--(77)------|-5--------------5------5-5-x-5-5-|
A||--0_2-----------|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|
E||--0-------------|----------------|-5--------------|----------------|
Em7 1:25 D
e||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||---------(----3----3--3)---------|-3=====================----------|
G||---------(0---0----0--0)---------|-2======(=====2=====2=)----------|
D||0__2=====(2------2-----)---------|-0======(0=========0--)----------|
A||0__2==================-----------|---------------------------------|
E||0=====================-----------|---------------------------------|
(optional)
Am7 1:40
e||---------------------------------|---------0========---------------|
B||-----------(---5-x--5)-----------|-1=======1========---p-h-----p-h-|
G||-----------(---5-x--5)-----------|-0=======0========-7-_5_7----_5_7|
D||-5=========(5====----)-----------|-2=======------------------------|
A||-7============================\__0-0=======------------------------|
E||-5============================\--|---------------------------------|
(optional)
Em7 D Am7
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||------------p---|---3-3---3==----|----------------|----------------|
G|7_(5)-7-7-7-7_4--4==-2-2-2==-2==-2/4===--4^4-\2----|22-/4-/6===/7===|
D||----------------|---0-7----------|------------2====----------------|
A||----------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7 2:06
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------4.----|----------------|----------------|
G||7^(7)77_4--7\4-/7====--4-7-------|--(7)9-7-9==-9_7-97-----797==7-77-9
D||----------------|----------------77(9)------------|---7=710-----9--|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7 2:27
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||7====/12-14-16--16^15^14^12^11^9^9==-797----------|44-44-4-44_5----|
D||----------------|----------------|------10797-----|-------------5-7|
A||----------------|----------------|----------5/7---|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7 2:44
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|-p-p------------|----------------|
G||-77-4-7-4-4/7===-999-7--4-4/5-44/5-_4_2------45-4/(5)-/7===(7)-----|
D||----------------|-----7----------|-----2====-------|-----------9==9/
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7 3:02
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|-9==9--7.9-9-7--|--------------77-/9==9-7======-7-|
D|12==12=12=12-\7-7_9-------------9_7---------77/9---|----------------|
A||----------------|----------------|1010(7)10-------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7
|----------------|----------------|-----(lightly)--|----------------|
|----3-3--0---0--|/5===5==--------|-------5---5----|---------(5)(5)-|
|----0-0--0-0-0-0|-7-----7==------|--4/5=-5-5-7===-|h-----(5)---(5)-|
|0_2------2------|-7--------7====-|------5---------5_7===-----------|
|0_2------2------|-5--------5====-|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
3:21Em7 D
He came dancing across the water ...
Am7 /
looking for the new world, ...
Em7 D 3:45
On the shore lay Montezuma ...
Am7 /
in his halls he often wandered .....
Em7 D 4:00
And his subjects gathered`round ....
Am7 /
in their clothes of many colors ...
Em7 D
And the women all were beautiful ...
Am7 /
they offered life in sacrafice ....
[SOLO II]
Em7 4:30 D Am7
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|h-p---h-p-------|----------------|
G|//5-7--77-4--4---|/7-9-9-9---7----4_5_4-4_5_4------5-/7==7-5-------x7
D||----------------|---------7------|-----------5/7\5|--------5----57-|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|---------7-77---|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 4:49 D Am7
e||----------------|-------------p--|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|-----/7===7-7_4-4\3-3-4_33-------|--h---------h-0==
G||7==-7-4--7-7-4===-4-7------------|---------542====-44_5-4-0===0_2--|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 D 5:07 Am7
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|=0====0====0====0========---------|----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|----=====-------|---x------------|----------------|
D||----------------|--------====----|----x-------x---|---/9-9_7---h---|
A||-------------(feedback)----====--|------------x---|---------/7-_7--|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
5:21Em7 D
Hate was just a legend and war was ...
Am7 /
people worked together and they ....
Em7 D
And they carried them to the flatlands..
5:45Am7 /
and they built up with their bare ...
Em7 D
And I know she's living there, and ...
Am7 /
I still can't remember where, ...
[SOLO III]
Em7 6:11 D
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||-------1010/12===---------10_12--10==10==-----12^===========(12===)|
G|10/12===---------|---10_12--------|---------10-----|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am7 ???
e||----------------|----(11&10th frets)--------------|----------------|
B||-121212-101010--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G||---------------121212-111111-101010-88-6-5-3-3-5/7-9^(9)=(9)-------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|------------7---|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 6:30 D
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|------------5-/7-/10^(10)\7------|----------------|
G|5^---7=7=7===---4=4==----4_5_4----|----------4_5_4-|5---------------|
D||----------------|----------------|---------------7`-7_5-----5^-----|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|-----7------7===|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am7
e||----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----------------|
G||----------------|------7-9`(9`)(9`)
D||-----5-7-9==9==-7---/9------0===-|
A||----------------|9-7-------(0)==-|
E||----------------|----------------|
6:43Em7 D
He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez
Am7 (feedback) /
What a killer....
[OUTRO-SOLO IV]
Em7 7:03 D
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||--------5.------|---5------------|---------------5==---5-55===--5--|
G||4-5-7==---4==--4-77--------------4-7===-4-7===--4----4--4----------|
D||----------------|-----5`-7-------|----------------|----------------|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am7 begin fade
e||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B||----------------|----8^====10===10======10======--|----===---------|
G|4-4--------------|---------------12`=====12`=======|------===--12-12=
D||---7-5----------|-9`--------------|---------------|----------------|
A||-------/7-/7----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7 fade out.... 7:30
e||----10----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|==-------12`--12-10==-10==10===--10--12^(12)-12-10--etc....---------|
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects
gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
They carried them
to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.
_5 hammer on/pull off
/7 slide up
\5 slide down
5= vibrato(single notes)/sustain(whole chords)
5^ bend up
5` slight bend
(9) ghost bend
5. staccato note
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version 2
Guitar 1
intro:
e||----------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------|
A||--5\7-7\9-9-7---------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------7-7\10-10\12-12-14-15-14-12--12\14-12\10-7-10-7-5-|
verse:
e||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--4-7-7-4-7-4--4-7\9-9-9-7------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------7-9---9-7-9--7-9\12-12-9-7-9-9-9-9\12-12-|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
it repeats ( with same changes ) a few times.
e||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|
G||--9-12-14-14b-14b------12-14--------12-12-12\14-x-|
D||--------------------14-------12-------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
e||------------------------|
B||------------------------|
G||----7-7---7-9-9b-9b-9r--| etc.
D||--9-----9---------------|
A||------------------------|
E||------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e||---------------------------------------------------0-0----|
B||---------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G||-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D||-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-----5--|
A||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----5--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--------|
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects
gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
They carried them
to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.
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version 3
Em 022000
D xx0232
Am7 x02010
Am7* x05530
Em
He came dancing across the water
D
With his galleons and guns
Am7
Looking for the new world
Am7*
In that palace in the sun
Em
On the shore lay Montezuma
D
With his coca leaves and pearls
Am7
In his halls he often wandered
Am7*
With the secrets of the worlds.
Em
And his subjects gathered 'round him
D
Like the leaves around a tree
Am7
In their clothes of many colours
Am7*
For the angry gods to see.
Em
And the women all were beautiful
D
And the men stood straight and strong
Am7
They offered life in sacrifice
Am7*
So that others could go on.
Em
Hate was just a legend
D
And war was never known
Am7
The people worked together
Am7*
And they lifted many stones
Em
They carried them to the flatlands
D
And they died along the way
Am7
But they built up with their bare hands
Am7*
What we still can't do today.
Em
And I know she's living there
D
And she loves me to this day
Am7
I still can't remember when
Am7*
Or how I lost my way.
Em
He came dancing across the water
D
Cortez, Cortez
Am7 Am7* Em
What a killer.
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version 4
[Chords]
EADGBD
Em7 x22030
D x00230
Am7 x02010
Am7+5th x02030
[Intro]
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|--4h5/7-7-4-7-4-|-4h5/7-7-2-2/4-|-4h5-5-4-5/7-7-|4-4h5-5-4-5/7/9-|
D|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
[Verse]
Em7 D Am7 Am7+5th
D|----------0-0-----0-0---0-0------------------|
B|--3-3-----3-3-----0h1---1h3------------------|
G|--0-0-----0h2-----0-0---0-0-2----------------|
D|--0h2-----0-0-----2-2---2-2-0----------------|
A|--2-2-------------0-0---0-0------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects
gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
They carried them
to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
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version 5
[Verse]
Em7
He came dancing across the water
D
with his galleons and guns,
Am7
lookin' for the new world
and the palace in the sun.
[Verse]
On the shore lay Montezuma
with his coca leaves and pearls;
in it's house he often wandered
with the secrets of the worlds.
[Verse]
And his subjects gathered round him,
like a leaves around the tree,
in their clothes of many colors
for the angry gods to see.
[Verse]
And the women all were beautiful
and the men stood straight and strong;
they offered life in sacrifice
so that others could go on.
[Verse]
Hate was just a legend
and war was never known;
people worked together
and they lifted many stones.
[Verse]
And they carried them to the flatlands,
but they died along the way,
and they built up with their bare hands
what we still can't do today.
[Verse]
And I know she's living there,
and she loves me to this day;
I still can't remember when
or how I lost my way.
[Outro]
He came dancing across the water,
Cortez, Cortez.
What a killer.
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