Biography:
Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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Tom Russell - Gallo Del Cielo
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C Dm G C
[Verse 1]
Dm
Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full
G C
No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in gold
Dm
He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Cielo
G F G C
Then he swam the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled deep beneath his arm
[Verse 2]
Dm
El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven, so the legends say
G C
His wings they had been broken, he had one eye rolling crazy in his head
Dm
And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the legends say that one night near El Sueco
G F G C
They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven times he'd left brave roosters dead
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Antonio
Dm G Dm G
I have 27 dollars and the good luck of your picture framed in gold
F G
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 3]
Dm
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
G C
The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk
Dm
And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed del Cielo from beneath his coat
G F G C
But they cried when Zaragoza walked away with a thousand dollar bill
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara
Dm G Dm G
I have fifteen hundred dollars and the good luck of your picture framed in gold
F G
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 4]
Dm
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light spills shadows on a fighting sand
G C
Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night
Dm
But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak
G F G C
And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
Dm G Dm G
Yes, the money's on the table, I am holding to your good luck framed in gold
F G
And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 5]
Dm
Then the signal it was given, and the cocks rose together far above the sand
G C
El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast
Dm
They were separated quickly but they rose and fought each other thirty-seven times
G F G C
And the legends say that everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best
[Verse 6]
Dm
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside the town of Santa Clara
G C
As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his hand
Dm
And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho Villa
G F G C
When Zorro rose up one last time and drove del Cielo through the sand
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Francisco
Dm G Dm G
I have no money in my pocket, I no longer have your good luck framed in gold
F G
I buried it last evening with the bones of my beloved Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 7]
F G
Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved Casas Grandes?
Dm G Dm G
Does the scar upon my brother's face turn red when he hears mention of my name?
F G
Do the people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
Dm G F G C
Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not return to cause them shame
Outro
C Dm G C
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C Dm G C
[Verse 1]
Dm
Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full
G C
No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in gold
Dm
He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Cielo
G F G C
Then he swam the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled deep beneath his arm
[Verse 2]
Dm
El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven, so the legends say
G C
His wings they had been broken, he had one eye rolling crazy in his head
Dm
And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the legends say that one night near El Sueco
G F G C
They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven times he'd left brave roosters dead
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Antonio
Dm G Dm G
I have 27 dollars and the good luck of your picture framed in gold
F G
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 3]
Dm
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
G C
The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk
Dm
And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed del Cielo from beneath his coat
G F G C
But they cried when Zaragoza walked away with a thousand dollar bill
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara
Dm G Dm G
I have fifteen hundred dollars and the good luck of your picture framed in gold
F G
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 4]
Dm
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light spills shadows on a fighting sand
G C
Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night
Dm
But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak
G F G C
And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
Dm G Dm G
Yes, the money's on the table, I am holding to your good luck framed in gold
F G
And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 5]
Dm
Then the signal it was given, and the cocks rose together far above the sand
G C
El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast
Dm
They were separated quickly but they rose and fought each other thirty-seven times
G F G C
And the legends say that everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best
[Verse 6]
Dm
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside the town of Santa Clara
G C
As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his hand
Dm
And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho Villa
G F G C
When Zorro rose up one last time and drove del Cielo through the sand
[Chorus]
F G
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Francisco
Dm G Dm G
I have no money in my pocket, I no longer have your good luck framed in gold
F G
I buried it last evening with the bones of my beloved Del Cielo
Dm G F G C
And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago
[Verse 7]
F G
Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved Casas Grandes?
Dm G Dm G
Does the scar upon my brother's face turn red when he hears mention of my name?
F G
Do the people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
Dm G F G C
Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not return to cause them shame
Outro
C Dm G C
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