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The Diaz Brothers


Capo on 2. Everything is relative to the capo.
A lot of interpretation on this one, but it sounds good.

A     :-02220
A/G#  :402220
F#m   :244222
E     :022100
D     :--0232
C#m   :-46654
D(V)  :-57775
E(VII):-79997

Intro:

A A/G# F#m E D E (x2)

A      A/G# F#m		  E  D		    E
  Cops and robbers, strictly bargain-line.
A      A/G# F#m		       C#m		     D
  Spent the wet night tracking visions through the pines.
				E
Draw my arms into my hospital gown.
	 A			D
See the sky open up and rain down,

Rain down.

A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.
A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.

A      A/G# F#m	     E	 D		E
  Hear my  rivals on the western wind.
A    A/G# F#m		     C#m		D
  Hard to know who might or might not be your friend.
			E
Work by the Plutonian light.
	  A			 D
Forbidden rosary prayers all night,

All night.

A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.
A    A/G# F#m	    E  D
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.

Bm		  F#m
   Beam of the flashlight,
Bm		       F#m
   All night in the woods.
C#m		  F#m
    Hunt us like dogs,
	    D(V)	    E(VII)
And then string us up for good.

A      A/G# F#m	     E   D	   E
  Keep one step ahead of enemies.
A     A/G# F#m			       C#m		D
  Foretell worse things than such frightful nights as these.
			     E
Lead us to the beach by our hands,
    A			  D
And bury us there in the sand.


A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.
A    A/G# F#m	    E  D
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.
A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.
A    A/G# F#m	    E  D	  E
  Mercy   for the Diaz brothers.

A E (x3)
A

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(All relative to Capo at 2)
The tab is perfect but i play the A major like this 
A :577655
Then instead of A/G#, i play this

E|5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-x-4-|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-x-4-|
G|6-6-6-6-6-6-x-2-|
B|5-5-5-5-5-5-x-2-|
e|5-5-5-5-5-5-x-2-|

Makes it a little easier to transition to F#