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F          F 
He looked down into her brown eyes, and said 
  F                C 
"Say a prayer for me".  She  
  C                                    C                F 
Threw her arms around him, whispered "God will keep us free" 
 
            F             
They could hear the riders comin', He said 
 
 F                A#     
"This is my last fight...If they  
 
 A#                F 
Take me back to Texas, they won't 
 
C               F 
Take me back a-live. 
 
Chorus A: 
F 
There were seven Spanish angels, at the 
F             C 
altar of the sun. 
            C 
They were prayin' for the lovers, in the 
  C            F 
valley of the gun. 
          F                            
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared, 
 
             F                A# 
there was thunder from the throne, 
 
      A#            F             C             F 
And seven spanish angels, took a-nother angel home. 
 
Verse 2 
F            F 
She reached down and picked the gun up,  
 
          F             C 
that lay smokin in his hand. 
             C                
She said, "Father please forgive me; 
 
          C                 F 
I can't make it without my man." 
 
         F 
And she knew the gun was empty, 
 
         F                 A# 
And she knew she couldn't win, 
 
           A#              F 
But her final prayer was answered 
 
           C            F 
When the rifles fired again. 
 
*-Chorus A-* (again) 
 
 
Chorus B (2X) 
 
F# 
There were seven Spanish angels, at the 
F#             C# 
altar of the sun. 
            C# 
They were prayin' for the lovers, in the 
 
  C#            F# 
valley of the gun. 
 
          F#                            
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared, 
 
             F#                B 
there was thunder from the throne, 
 
      B              F#             C#      
And seven spanish angels, took a-nother  
 
      F# 
angel home.