Lirik dan Chord Lagu Cortez the Killer - Neil Young

Lagu berdurasi 7 menit 29 detik ini diciptakan sendiri olehnya dan dirilis pada tahun 1975 melalui label Reprise Records.

“Cortez the Killer” dimuat dalam album studio ketujuh milik Young yang bertajuk Zuma.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Cortez the Killer” dari Neil Young.

[Intro/Solo 1]
| Em | D | Am7 | Am7 | x12

[Verse 1]
                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

[Verse 2]
             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

[Verse 3]
                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

[Verse 4]
                 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

[Solo 2]
| Em | D | Am7 | Am7 | x3

[Verse 5]
Em
Hate was just a legend
        D
And war was never known
        Am7
The people worked together
                                   Am7*
And they lifted many stones

[Verse 6]
          Em
They carried them to the flatlands
                D
But they died along the way
                Am7
And they built up with their bare hands
                                   Am7*
What we still can't do today

[Verse 7]
          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

[Solo 3]
| Em | D | Am7 | Am7 | x2

[Outro]
                Em
He came dancing across the water
D
Cortez, Cortez
Am7              Am7*
What a killer

[Outro Solo]
| Em | D | Am7 | Am7 |
| Em | D | Am7 |