Mexican Home Chords

The * indicates a walkdown on the 5 string  (--0--2--3--)
Gsus4 = 330013
Gsus2 = 300033
C9 = X32330
D7/F# = 200210
 
[Intro]
G Gsus4 C Gsus2 C C9 C C9
G D7/F# Gsus4 D7/F#
G C Gsus2 C C9 C C9
G D7/F# Gsus4 D7/F#
 
[Verse 1]
 
G             Gsus4     G/C       C9
It got so hot last night, I swear
G            Gsus4  C
You couldn't hardly breathe
G              Gsus4  D7/F#                 Gsus4 D7
Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
G                  C
I sat on the porch without my shoes
G       *          C
And I watched the cars roll by
Gsus2             D7/F#                      Gsus4         G  *
As the headlights raced to the corner of the kitchen wall
 
[Chorus]
 
C          G/C       G
Mama dear, your boy is here
Gsus4      C       G *
Far across the sea
C           G/C     G
Waiting for that sacred core
                        D7/F#
That burns inside of me
G            Gsus4
And I feel a storm
G/C
All wet and warm
G       *           C
Not ten miles away
G           D7/F#          Gsus4 G
Approaching my Mexican home
 
[Verse 2]
G          Gsus4      C       C9
My God! I cried, it's so hot inside
    G         Gsus4     C
You could die in the living room
G            Gsus4            D7/F#                          Gsus4 D7/F#
Take the fan from the window, prop the door back with a broom
G                    C
The cuckoo clock has died of shock
G       *       C
And the windows feel no pain
Gsus2              D7/F#                Gsus4        G *
The air's as still as the throttle on a funeral train
 
[Chorus]
 
C          G/C       G
Mama dear, your boy is here
Gsus4      C       G *
Far across the sea
C           G/C     G
Waiting for that sacred core
                        D7/F#
That burns inside of me
G            Gsus4
And I feel a storm
G/C
All wet and warm
G       *           C
Not ten miles away
G           D7/F#          Gsus4 G
Approaching my Mexican home
 
[Instrumental]
G Gsus4 C Gsus2 C C9 C C9
G D7/F# Gsus4 D7/F#
G C Gsus2 C C9 C C9
G D7/F# Gsus4 D7/F#
 
[Verse 3]
G         Gsus4       G/C          C9
My father died on the porch outside
G            Gsus4      G                Gsus4
On an August afternoon, I sipped bourbon and cried
D7/F#                             Gsus4 D7/F#
With a friend by the light of the moon
G                     G/C
So it's hurry! hurry! Step right up
G     *          C
It's a matter of life or death
Gsus2                 D/F#                            Gsus4   G *
The sun is going down and the moon is just holding its breath
 
[Chorus]
 
C          G/C       G
Mama dear, your boy is here
Gsus4      C       G *
Far across the sea
C           G/C     G
Waiting for that sacred core
                        D7/F#
That burns inside of me
G            Gsus4
And I feel a storm
G/C
All wet and warm
G       *           C
Not ten miles away
G           D7/F#          Gsus4 G
Approaching my Mexican home
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