Cortez the Killer by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Cortez the Killer by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Cortez the Killer

Neil Young & Crazy Horse * Track #8 On Zuma

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Cortez the Killer by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Release Date
Mon Nov 10 1975
Produced by
David Briggs & Neil Young
Writed by
Neil Young
About

Considered to be one of Neil Young’s most memorable songs as a solo artist, it is a seven minute piece largely dominated by a free-flowing guitar solo typical of Young’s early work with his backing band Crazy Horse.

This long-winded yet extraordinary guitar solo, according to Young himself is “some...

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Cortez the Killer Lyrics

[Intro: Guitar solo]

[Verse 1]
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
And that palace in the sun

[Verse 2]
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls, he often wandered
With the secrets of the world

[Verse 3]
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see

[Verse 4]
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
People worked together
And they lifted many stones

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

[Verse 7]
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer

Cortez the Killer Q&A

Who wrote Cortez the Killer's ?

Cortez the Killer was written by Neil Young.

Who produced Cortez the Killer's ?

Cortez the Killer was produced by David Briggs & Neil Young.

When did Neil Young & Crazy Horse release Cortez the Killer?

Neil Young & Crazy Horse released Cortez the Killer on Mon Nov 10 1975.

How does the writer feel about Cortez?

Neil Young via MOJO:

What Cortez represented to me is the explorer with two sides, one benevolent, the other utterly ruthless I mean, look at Columbus! Everyone now knows he was less than great and he wasn’t even there first (laughs). It always makes me question all these other so-called ‘icons’

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