Chumbawamba - El Fusilado Lyrics






Listen close to this crooked mouth
For my story I will tell–o
Lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel–o
Left my home in Santiago
The heart of the city of Merida
Served with my brothers and sisters all
For the army of Pancho Villa

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

The Federales captured me
Bound up my arms with wire
Officer came he said “Take your aim –
Steady your guns and fire!”
Bullet holes all across my chest
Ripped up my shirt and my body–o
Heart beat on through the silenced guns
To the rhythm of life inside me–o

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

Fell to the ground the officer came
One last shot to the head­–o
Heard through the pain as he walked away
And left me there for dead–o
All went quiet so I crawled away
I wasn't giving up to the glory
Ten good shots I took them all
And lived to tell my story

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiers oh
Ten good shots I'll take them all
They call me El Fusilado

[A true story. Wenseslao Moguel was captured while fighting in the Mexican revolution in 1915 and without trial sentenced to face the firing squad, ‘las sentencias al paredon'. After being shot by the squad, and despite receiving the ‘tiro de gracia' (shot at close range by the captain), Wenseslao somehow survived. He managed to escape and spent much of his life touring the USA with the ‘Ripley's Believe It Or Not' travelling museum.]





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  1. S.... T....

    Fun Fact: this song is based on a true Factual story.

  2. A.... P....

    All im saying is that if you take that many bullets and then another straight to the dome then you become the new king regardless of what government is in place like good ol Rasputin

  3. J.... F....

    I get gunned down! But I get up again!

  4. H.... B....

    I had to find a great survivor and now i lesson to this song all the time

  5. a.... j....

    Has anyone read that message on the album cover its some deep shit

  6. E.... S....

    Which episode in Game Theory was this used in?

    E.... S....

    The one talking about whether or not The Courier from Fallout: New Vegas could've actually survived being shot in the head at point-blank range in the beginning of the game.

  7. f.... p....

    you could say that El Fusilado got knocked down but he got up again. they're never going to keep him down

  8. V.... C....

    "I get shot 10 times by firing squad, but I get up again, you are never gonna keep me down"

  9. j.... ....

    Listen close to this crooked mouth
    For my story I will tell–o
    Lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel–o
    Left my home in Santiago
    The heart of the city of Merida
    Served with my brothers and sisters all
    For the army of Pancho Villa

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    The Federales captured me
    Bound up my arms with wire
    Officer came he said “Take your aim –
    Steady your guns and fire!”
    Bullet holes all across my chest
    Ripped up my shirt and my body–o
    Heart beat on through the silenced guns
    To the rhythm of life inside me–o

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Fell to the ground the officer came
    One last shot to the head­–o
    Heard through the pain as he walked away
    And left me there for dead–o
    All went quiet so I crawled away
    I wasn't giving up to the glory
    Ten good shots I took them all
    And lived to tell my story

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

    Stand me straight against the nearest wall
    Line up your bravest soldiers oh
    Ten good shots I'll take them all
    They call me El Fusilado

  10. B.... A....

    finally found this song again

  11. E.... L....

    skrew you c3po he had a low chance of survivel but he did it

  12. E.... L....

    Come on bob you had one job point and shoot.

  13. T.... K....

    I GET SHOT DOWN

  14. N.... g....

    Fuck off game theory fans. No one gives a shit why you're here. You don't need to pollute this comment section with your cancer.

    N.... g....

    Don't be rude. They are just commenting that the came here from G-T because they can. It's called the freedom of speech. You also have that so I can't say anything against that. Though you are hating roughly 8 million people if you hate G-T in general or just the G-T fans who commented which is probably 70,000 people. So please, don't be the one asshole who just comments just to hate people.

    N.... g....

    Holy shit. How did you see this comment? And yeah, I get what you're saying. One or two comments, that fine. The entire section? No. Not acceptable. BTW traps AREN'T gay

  15. D.... P....

    here because of the botch attempt of execution by firing squad the man was shot 8 times before the officer took out his pistol and shot him in the head he was on Ripley's believe it or not anyway el fueselado translates to the executed one

  16. N.... ....

    Viewers go Search the Person story  Behind This story. 10 shots Into Him & he lived...

  17. D.... ....

    Stop being here from game theory.

    D.... ....

    Well how did you get here?

    D.... ....

    Was listening to the album this song is from after i heard a similar track posted on the IT HURTS!! webcomic comments

  18. J.... d....

    Is it wrong that I find this song calming, dispite knowing it's about a guy sirviving a firing squad and an additional shot to the face?

  19. K.... ....

    i love you

  20. B.... D....

    I was here before Game Theory made it cool to be here.

  21. b.... f....

    i came so hard 39 minutes ago

  22. -.... M....

    1:02 that part always makes me cry..

  23. D.... ....

    Is anyone else here because they like this kind of simple folk music? Not bloody MatPat

  24. T.... B....

    someone tell me the real life story of this

    T.... B....

    El Fusilado, or Wenseslao Moguel, was captured during the Mexican Revolution for aiding in the rebellion. He was then sentenced to execution by firing squad with no trial. At the time, it was done by 9 soldiers and an officer. The 9 soldiers would all fire on Wenseslao (with rifles mind you), and then the officer would come to deliver a coup de grace onto a vital region to finish him off instantly, in this case, his head. By some miracle, he survived all of this. Since no one checked to see if he was still alive (because why would you need to), they left. After that, he crawled literally 3 entire blocks to a church where he was able to get medical assistance soon after. He continued to live a full life, to the old age of 85.

    T.... B....

    Nice history lesson.

  25. l.... f....

    31 people reckon he deserved to die

  26. T.... K....

    Wasn't it -10- 11 shots to the head?

  27. T.... ....

    But hey, that's just a theory, a... oh, never mind it's a song, a Game Song

  28. C.... ....

    Badassery I will never forget.

  29. K.... ....

    El Fusilado...The Shot. It adds a lot of meaning when you figure out what it means.

    K.... ....

    That's the direct translation but I don't think that's what it means. Fusilado means shoot, fire many weapons at once, Volly.

    Apparently it's supposed to mean "The Executed one"

    K.... ....

    El Fusilado means "The Executed one", to be exact, its someone who got executed by a Fussillade, which is a squad of 10 men shooting at the same time, then comes Tiro de Gracia, which is an 11th shot to the head, shot by an officer, to make sure you dont survive.

    K.... ....

    Funny, damn you google translate!
    Well, it might actually mean the shot but people take it as the executed one

  30. w.... ....

    Midori "But yandere dev yandere dev, isn't it a bad thing to sing loudly about murdering people"Yandere dev gets a point for being good at cinema sins, and I bring this song up.

    w.... ....

    Yandere simulator musical. Lol

    w.... ....

    Midori? Having a good question?
    *Ding from cinema sins*

    w.... ....

    @Saki Miyu look up "yandere simulator" musical.

    w.... ....

    @witherblaze
    Ah. Now it makes sense lol

    w.... ....

    @Saki Miyu also, let us not forget about you "idea" for kokona getting the tuition money. For she said "I should have never gotten saki in this"

  31. S.... ....

    I'm 30 years old, for the first 29(ish) years of my life I supported the death penalty... but never again.

    S.... ....

    Survivors. And it is "cruel" and "unusual"

  32. j.... m....

    and the History told is totaly true based on the real facts.

  33. j.... m....

    is my Grandfather wenceslao Miguel Herrera.

    j.... m....

    Moguel Herrera. sorry for the corrector

  34. a.... t....

    the picture of him looks so sad but i am glad he lived merical

  35. G.... ....

    I'm here because I was looking up information on firing squads for a criminology paper on the death penalty and this guy's name came up as being the only known man to survive a firing squad. Anyone else? No? Well alright then :/

  36. C.... T....

    2250th like also great and catchy song! Anyone else here from Game Theorists?

  37. M.... ....

    It is oddly fitting to the Fallout series.

  38. a.... t....

    this song is so sad but i like it

    a.... t....

    I don't really see it as sad. He lived through it. It must of hurt, but he lived.

  39. j.... s....

    from game theory

  40. R.... M....

    I can't believe he survived and had the heart to live on and then made a song about it.

    R.... M....

    Sorry to break it to you, but he was long dead by the time this song was made.

  41. B.... L....

    I thought I was weird for coming here because of Game Theory. Then I read the comments...

  42. S.... ....

    Anyone here not because of game theory and just because it's a good song?

    S.... ....

    octonuggets I found it because I was reading random articles about people surviving the death penalty. The story about one guy directed to me to this song, which was written about him.

    S.... ....

    What’s the name of the episode

    S.... ....

    What does this have to do with game theory

    S.... ....

    @Iceland Taylor He talked about it in an episode in 2012.

    S.... ....

    @Tyler Duncanson thanks

  43. E.... ....

    suprisingly catchy... you know.. for beeing about a guy beeing shot in the head...

  44. S.... ....

    This is way to upbeat for a song about a man getting shot a fuck ton

  45. D.... L....

    i have 10 luck skill points LOOPHOLE

  46. S.... ....

    This guy is a HUGE BADASS

  47. T.... ....

    What a fucking nightmare. Fuck. I just have to imagine what panic he must have had and how it felt like to crawl away with blood tripping out of literally 10 holes in my body..

  48. W.... J....

    To do your self a favor, go to this page's url and swap the youtube.com part with listenonrepeat.com
    You won't regret it.

    W.... J....

    or you could just right click on the video and then click loop ;3

  49. T.... B....

    i got this song from the game theory fallout BOOM headshot

  50. I.... H....

    Here because if Game Theories Fallout Headshots vid :)

    I.... H....

    @iRageHD Me to

    I.... H....

    I looked for this for roughly a year now

  51. K.... D....

    Anyone here from Game Theory? This song is really catchy. I like it.

    K.... D....

    +hong hong It's at the 11:40 mark of the video. It's the lower one listed.

    K.... D....

    Yep, I came from Game Theory. Cool song!

    K.... D....

    KayTheDragon DarkBlade
    What episode is it from again?

    K.... D....

    The brickwall Ss The Fallout New Vegas Headshot theory.

  52. M.... S....

    Game theory anyone?

  53. T.... ....

    heh, came here from Game Theory, did some reading about the band, turns out they're from my home town, how peculiar

    T.... ....

    Cool honestly

    T.... ....

    @Thicite I also came from Game Theory

  54. S.... P....

    what is the name of this type of music?

    S.... P....

    @Shmowzow P A cappella

    S.... P....

    +Edward mayall well no shit but it has a different name like you could say barbershop is a cappella

    S.... P....

    +lipman19 there is no need to get angry. however do you know what that different name is because to me this just sounds like normal a cappella :).

  55. M.... G....

    It's really a good song for singing about killing someone lol

    M.... G....

    @Marcus Games failing to kill somone

  56. A.... ....

    I'm here from Game Theory. Had to listen to this song.

    A.... ....

    +AlphaBiggitz i dont recognize this from game theory, when did it play?

    A.... ....

    An episode centred on whether the Fallout Courier could have really survived a headshot.

    A.... ....

    @AlphaBiggitz OK okay thanks

    A.... ....

    Is that video still up? I can't find it.

  57. s.... v....

    Wuenceslao Moguel, el ''Fusilado de Halachó''... en 1915.

  58. C.... R....

    >watch on PC
    >set on loop
    >set speed to 2
    >???
    >profit

  59. D.... ....

    My new character in fallout is going to have 10 luck like "el fusilado"

    D.... ....

    nope 10. 9 to the chest, 1 to the head.

    D.... ....

    @recneps dnomaid new question, how did he survive

    D.... ....

    I dont actually know you can just google the guy the song is based on hes a real person

    D.... ....

    I would give your new Fallout character 10 Endurance.

    Takes a lot of grit to survive that, regardless of the luck one has.

    D.... ....

    or you can just play new vegas and the game will do it for you

  60. j.... ....

    Its about a man geting shot in the head. Why is it so chereful

    j.... ....

    That's exactly the attitude that's probably gonna make you among the first to get it when the s**t hits the fan. Good luck finding a hospital. You only have one life. You have to fight for it.

    j.... ....

    @Wayward Chronicler I agree

    j.... ....

    Cus it sounds really good

    j.... ....

    jemDarpole because he stood up to his powers that were

    j.... ....

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenseslao_Moguel

  61. W.... ....

    Shouldn't he have technically been shot eleven times? Because he literally says "Fell to the ground the officer came. One last shot to the head­--o."
    Unless of course there were only nine people who shot him initially, but that just seems silly. Why would you have a firing squad with nine people?
    I'm sorry. I just got here from Cinema Sins. :)

    W.... ....

    @MelloDees 9 times *including* a final bullet through his head?
    So not ten shots at all?

    W.... ....

    @Rayman34128 9 shots + 1

    W.... ....

    +Wolfqueen6
    A firing squad would have been 10 people, 9 bullets.
    On firing squads, one random person has a blank in their gun so that none of the guys have to live with the guilt of ending a life, since they can all say "I'm the one who had the blank" and honestly believe it.

    W.... ....

    +FiveDollarDes So it's actually 9 "good" shots.

    W.... ....

    9 soldiers, 1 officer.

  62. f.... ....

    catchy. I love it.

  63. R.... F....

    Imagine an army of el fusilado clones, i bet they could beat any nation in a war

    R.... F....

    @***** Ik, I was joking

    R.... F....

    Except for, wait for it, the mongols.

    R.... F....

    witherblaze THEY’RE THE EXCEPTION
    NERDFIGHTERIA!

  64. d.... ....

    18 mexicans are bad shots

  65. S.... B....

    See Cumbawamba wasn't a 1 hit wonder.

    S.... B....

    @Saxophone Batman no still was. This song while great wasn't a "hit" all bands with one hit wonder status made other songs even other albums but were known only for the single song.

    S.... B....

    @Saxophone Batman hey sam

    S.... B....

    One hit. Lots of good songs.

    S.... B....

    I have a playlist about that. It's the Chums and OMC. :)

  66. G.... ....

    HE DRINKS MIO

  67. S.... M....

    its funny how some of the most lighthearted of songs can actualy be so dark
    this song, loraley, ring around the rosies(yeah its about the plague)

    S.... M....

    +nightmarephynix Actually, ashes to ashes is about the mass graves where they lit the plague infested corpses on fire.

    S.... M....

    When I found out about ring around the Rosie I was greatly disturbed. Why the f*** do we sing this to our kids.

    S.... M....

    @crazygamergirl182356 isent it the black plague?

    S.... M....

    Like Pumped Up Kicks

  68. G.... P....

    If i ever get put against the wall i hope i'll be XXXX (Whatever) enough to shout/sing the chorus at them as there aiming ..... I might change the Fusilado to 'Gwynilado' though!

  69. T.... A....

    thanks game theory, for this overly catchy song. i'll have this stuck in my head for weeks now.

    T.... A....

    *Insert bad El Fusilado joke here*

  70. C.... J....

    Who is matpat?

    C.... J....

    Maker of gamtheory

    C.... J....

    He used this song in one of his episodes and i came here because i love the song

    C.... J....

    ok thanks for the info!

  71. p.... ....

    game theory!!!

  72. C.... C....

    El Fusilado confirmed for most badass, his DNA will be used for future clone soldiers in the resource wars

    C.... C....

    Now if we could distill his luck then we might be on to something.

    C.... C....

    @Daniel Keriazis Jokes? Whats that?

    C.... C....

    @Facepalm Pyro Not sure, as I think he was being serious.

    C.... C....

    @Ryan Bicknell That's funnier than it should be :P

    C.... C....

    Roy was bad sob. He is the epitome of tough as nails.

  73. F.... n....

    Malala [shot once in the head] ~> Nobel Peace Prize.

    El Fusilado [shot ten times in the head] ~> A song.

    Thanks Obama.

    F.... n....

    he was shot 9 times in the chest and lower body, and the coup de gras was to the head

  74. B.... G....

    I'm going to memorize these lyrics so that should I be executed by firing squad in the new police state.

    They ask..."Any last words?"
    I say..."Yes..." and then recite this song.

    B.... G....

    How far into the song do you think you'll get before they shoot?

    B.... G....

    @Charles Philebaum Maybe 10 seconds so he better get the main line in lol

    B.... G....

    Now I think what would be even crazier is when they join in

    B.... G....

    i feel like they would just freeze in confusion for at least a little bit. probably enough time to get a good chunk of the way in :P

    B.... G....

    Boomer Gonzales I think the chorus is good enough

  75. W.... B....

    I was sent by Game Theory

  76. B.... S....

    i was also sent from game theary

  77. M.... ....

    Anybody else sent here through Game Theory?

    M.... ....

    @Megabyte1835 lol me too

    M.... ....

    @Megabyte1835 me 52

    M.... ....

    @deamon sped Yea you wish.

    M.... ....

    I sang this with a choir.

  78. A.... C....

    Game theory anyone?

  79. G.... J....

    This is disturbingly catchy. 

    G.... J....

    EEEEEVVVVVIIIIILLLLL

    G.... J....

    @Tristan Courter it is catchy. Not disturbingly tho

    G.... J....

    It is a great song i agree completely

    G.... J....

    Disturbing, or inspiring? 

  80. J.... C....

    Thanks for my new theme song.
    Loved these guys growing up and their album artwork will ALWAYS be implanted into my brain.

  81. M.... ....

    Thank you Matpat.

    M.... ....

    If it was not for him, what would we do?

    M.... ....

    sit around and be slightly less educated and alot less entertained

  82. z.... ....

    now i know why fallout NV makes the charicter necks and cheeks look like that

    z.... ....

    What? No it doesn't? This has *nothing* to do with fallout.

    z.... ....

    LMAO I know what your talking about XD

  83. E.... D....

    dude, look at your subscriber amount

  84. F.... C....

    Am i the only one who wants to hear this song while playing a shooter game? :)

  85. g.... ....

    I just heard this song today but it has become a favorite. Thanks for uploading

  86. R.... H....

    If anyone cares, 'El Fusilado' is Spanish for 'the Shot', as in 'The guy who was shot'. Multisyllabic nicknames are easier in Spanish.

    R.... H....

    Or "The executed one".

  87. Z.... ....

    Someone, put this into a game trailer.

    Z.... ....

    naaaaaa dying light maybe

    Z.... ....

    or the pre sequal

    Z.... ....

    they shoulda used it for newvegas, considering how u survive getting shot in the head

    Z.... ....

    @genjon1 booker dewit?

    Z.... ....

    @Tobvis Hahahahaha Hahahaha nice one i dont have a good one to combat that

  88. E.... T....

    Stand me up straight

  89. V.... L....

    this is dark, its really good to, but dark

  90. l.... ....

    Boy bands have won, and all the copyist, the tribute bands, the TV Talent show producers have won, if we allow our culture to be shaped by mimicry, either from lack of ideas or from exaggerated respect you should never try to freeze culture. What you can do is recycle that culture, take your older brother's hand-me-down jacket and re-style it, re-fashion it to the point where it becomes your own. But don't just regurgitate creative history, or hold art, music and literature as fixed, untouchable and kept under glass. The people who try to guard any particular form of music are like the copyists and manufactured bands, doing it the worst disservice because the only thing that you can do to music that will damage it is NOT change it, not make it your own, because then it dies, then it's over, then it's done.

    l.... ....

    The irony in me copying this message.

    l.... ....

    And *The Boy Bands have won*
    Sadly, they actually seem to have.

    l.... ....

    @Rayman34128
    F*ck boy bands. 

  91. l.... s....

    "click" "click" "click" "clap" "clap" "clap" "click"...

  92. c.... ....

    this song is catchy as hell

  93. E.... ....

    And people say Call of Duty isn't realistic. This guy says it is!

    E.... ....

    Ten shots would kill your character.

    E.... ....

    This guy was obviously very, VERY lucky, living through that, honestly.

    E.... ....

    @Yngvi Leó Þráinsson  no shit why do you think hes so famous. people make devices to kill other people and this man stood up to all the purpose of those devices. luck and will power can take you far. you just have to know how to ride your pretty pony. that man rode his luck pony all the way into the sun.

    E.... ....

    @TheSlenderman I was just telling the person who I replied to, that you can't take 10 everyday and live, so I know why he's so famous.

    E.... ....

    Call of Duty is terrible, boring, bland, repetitive...

    ...

    ...And unrealistic.

  94. A.... W....

    I have to make a Gmod video of this

  95. G.... C....

    like a Boss

  96. A.... W....

    Translation: The Shot

  97. D.... F....

    I like.

  98. Z.... ....

    This sort of reminds me of another song (Another Irish Drinking Song) Don't know why guess the way they are both just so damn catchy :D