Peter, Paul, and Mary - El Salvador
Originally in E, I prefer it in E on guitar, but D vocally.
ABG#mC#mABE
Little Latin flourish on the 3rd and 4th strings, roughly iii ii
There’s a Esunny little country south of Mexico
Where the F#7winds are gentle and the waters flow
But Abreezes aren’t the only Amthings that blow in El ESalvador
If you Etook the little lady for a moonlight drive
F#7Odds are still good you’d come back alive
But Aeveryone is innocent untAmil they arrive in El ESalvador E7
If the Arebels take a bus on the Bgrand highway
The G#mgovernment destroys a village C#mmiles away
The Aman on the radio says
Go down to the 1 instead of up to the 3 on “border”
BNow we’ll play South of theEBorderE7
AAnd in the morning the Bnatives say
G#mWe’re happy you have lived aC#mnother day
ALast night a thousand more
BPassed away in El SalvaEdor
C#mOooh BOooh
There’s a tEelevision crew here from ABC
F#7Filming Rio Lempe and the refugees
ACalling murdered children the tAmragedy of El SEalvador
BeEfore the government camera twenty feet away
F#7Another man is asking for continued aid
AFood and medicine and hAmand grenades for El ESalvador E7
There’s a Athump, a rumble, and the Bbuildings sway
G#mA soldier fires the C#macid spray
The Apublic address system
SBtarts to play South of the EBorder E7
AYou run for cover and Bhide your eyes
G#mYou hear the screams from C#mparadise
AThey’ve fallen further than you Brealize
In El SalvaC#mdor
ALa, F#7la, Booh
Pause and ease into the next verse rubato
Just like EPoland is protected by her Russian “friends”
The F#7junta is assisted by Americans
And if Asixty million dollars seems Amtoo much to spend in El ESalvador
They sayEfor half a billion they could do it right
F#7Bomb all day, burn all night
UntAil there’s not a living tAmhing upright in El SaElvador E7
They’ll conAtinue training troops in the BUSA
G#mAnd watch the nuns that C#mgot away
AAnd teach the military Bbands
To play South of the EBorderE7
AAnd kill the people to Bset them free
G#mWho put this price on their C#mliberty?
ADon’t you think it’s Btime to leave El SalvaAdor?
G#mABC#m