Mexican Home Chords

[Intro]
G
G C
G D G
 
 
[Verse 1]
   G
It got so hot, last night, I swear
C
  You couldn't hardly breathe
      G                  D            G
Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
      G
I sat on the porch without my shoes
      C
And I watched the cars roll by
       G
As the headlights raced
       D                     G
To the corner of the kitchen wall
 
 
[Chorus]
D
  Mama dear
 
Your boy is here
G
  Far across the sea
A7
Waiting for
 
That sacred core
     D7
That burns inside of me
      G
And I feel a storm
 
All wet and warm
   C
Not ten miles away
   G
Approaching
   D       G
My Mexican home
 
 
[Interlude]
G C
G D G
G C
G D G
 
 
[Verse 2]
   G
My God! I cried, it's so hot inside
         C
You could die in the living room
         G
Take the fan from the window
         D                G
Prop the door back with a broom
    G
The cuckoo clock has died of shock
        C
And the windows feel no pain
    G
The air's as still
       D                     G
As the throttle on a funeral train
 
 
[Chorus]
D
  Mama dear
 
Your boy is here
G
  Far across the sea
A7
Waiting for
 
That sacred core
     D7
That burns inside of me
      G
And I feel a storm
 
All wet and warm
   C
Not ten miles away
   G
Approaching
   D       G
My Mexican home
 
 
[Solo]
G C
G D G
G C
G D G
 
 
[Verse 3]
   G
My father died on the porch outside
      C
On an August afternoon
         G
I sipped bourbon and cried
       D                          G
With a friend by the light of the moon
       G
So its hurry! hurry! Step right up
       C
It's a matter of life or death
    G
The sun is going down
        D                        G
And the moon is just holding its breath
 
 
[Chorus]
D
  Mama dear
 
Your boy is here
G
  Far across the sea
A7
Waiting for
 
That sacred core
     D7
That burns inside of me
      G
And I feel a storm
 
All wet and warm
   C
Not ten miles away
   G
Approaching
   D       G
My Mexican home
   G
Approaching
   D       G
My Mexican home
   G
Approaching
   D       G
My Mexican home
 
 
[Outro]
G C
G D G
G C
G D G
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