Mexican Home Live Chords

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