Chords for Andy Hersey Compañero Blanco

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[Em] The only thing [G] standing between me [D] and Mexico [Em] was a rusted wire fence [G] and the love for my
[D] country and of [C] all the [G] gringos I should have been [D] the next to go.
As [C] for work on El [G] San Rafael, there was plenty.
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[Em] My first [C] day on the job, [G] I did not [D] say a word.
[Em] I listened.
[C] I thought of [G] what my [D] foreman had told [Em] me.
He [C] taught me well.
[G] He was very direct.
[Em] He [C] spoke to me [G] in [D] Spanish _
[Em] only.
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[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Well, [Em] it was the last [C] of the R [G].O.s, but Ruben [D] didn't care.
[Em] He looked at [C] it more like [G] it was [D] occupied Mexico.
[Em] Señor [C] Ruben, save [G] our hoes.
[D] Mi amigo, [Em] can a man [C] work any harder?
[G] I'll [D] never know.
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[Em] One night in [C] October, [G] we [D] drank together.
[Em] That very [C] day, [G] Ruben may have saved [D] my life.
[Em] When I thanked him [C] for his friendship, he [G] called me [D] compañero blanco.
[Em] We talked [C] about our children, [G] talked about [D] our wife.
[Em] We drank to our [C] friendship with [G] smooth [D] Bacanora.
[Em] Drank to [C] Arizona [G] and also [D] Sonora.
[Em] To the [C] Tierra [G] and to [D] the Aurora. _
[F] Arriba, [C] abajo, [F] afuera, [G] adentro.
[F] _ [C] Arriba, abajo, [F] afuera, _ _
[Em] adentro.
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[Em] _ [C] Los [G] chupascos, that's what he called [Em] them.
Rain [C] clouds [G] heavier than oil [D] on canvas.
[Em] And the aroma [C] that rose [G] from the dust [D] and the seed.
[Em] After six [C] months of drought, [G] it was stronger [D] than [Em] cannabis.
The [C] windmills, [G] he called [D] papalotes.
[E] Ruben [C] seemed to me to [G] be a wise [D] old owl.
[Em] And those owls, [C] he [G] called _ [D] chacalotes.
[Em] Gramigrass, [C] it was on the wind [G] like grunion [D] on the sand.
[Em] Smoke [C] from the factory [G] down in [D] Canadia.
[Em] Maybe a [C] wildfire just [G] south of Santa [D] Cruz.
I [Em] loved Ruben.
[C] I [G] wondered what he'd [D] say.
[Em] If he could tell me [C] [G] everything he wanted to.
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[Em] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ Well, [G] Ruben and I worked hard for the families that owned that ranch.
[D] Although the [Em] Sharps never considered themselves owners, [G] but rather stewards of that land.
[Em] We [C] saw the sunrise two [G] times in one working day.
[D] And that second [Em] sunrise shone just [C] as pristine [G] and clean and clear [D] as that good bottle of
[Em] Mexican moonshine we knew [C] they had in the cupboard at the [G] main house of the [D] ranch.
And Ruben ran [Em] across about a half a [C] case of oranges they made for [G] a nice mixer.
He [D] called them [Em] naranja.
Ruben [C] looked at me and I [G] looked back at [D] Ruben.
And [Em] damned if [C] we didn't [G] do it [D] again.
[Em] We drank to our [C] friendship with [G] smooth _ [D] vaganora.
[Em] Drank to [C] Arizona [G] and also [D] Sonora.
[Em] To the [C] Piara and [D] to the Aurora.
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