repeats the chords Em7, D and Am7sus4 while Young adds his signature solos throughout. It is played in double drop D (DADGBD). The lyrics start 3:23 into the song. First the words picture Cortés and his "galleons and guns" on their quest of the new world shores. There lived Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs, inconceivably rich and full of wisdom, but in a civilization doomed despite its beauty and amazing achievements. By immense human toll of building, their huge and still existing pyramids had been erected, and are praised in the song. Also of note is that the song fades out after nearly seven and a half minutes, as (according to Young's father in Neil and Me) an electrical circuit had blown, causing the console to go dead. In addition to losing the rest of the instrumental work, a final verse was also lost. When producer David Briggs had to break this news to the band, Young replied "I never liked that verse anyway." The additional verse has not been identified or recorded officially. Cover versions The song was covered in studio album Three of a kind by Vanja Orlandić (2013) The song was covered live by Slint, with a version being released on the 2014 reissue of Spiderland. The song has been covered live by the Dave Matthews Band, with Warren Haynes, at their concert in Central Park in 2003. Built to Spill recorded a version for their 2000 album Live that, with several guitar solos throughout, came to over twenty minutes in length. It was also covered by The Church on A Box of Birds (1999). Gov't Mule covered the song on their 1998 album Live ... With a Little Help from Our Friends. A live version by Matthew Sweet appears on the Legacy edition of Girlfriend. Reed Mathis, Willy Waldman, and Stephen Perkins. Grace Potter continues to cover the song in her concerts. Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler covered the song on a bonus EP to her 2007 album Songs III: Bird on the Water. Screaming Females released a cover of this song on a 2008 7" split with "Hunchback". David Rawlings covered the song on his 2009 album A Friend of a Friend, where it appears as the latter half of a medley; the first section is the Bright Eyes song "Method Acting". Jim Jarmusch, Bradford Cox and Randy Randall covered the song in 2009 for a video