Gringo Honeymoon Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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_ We were standing on [Dm] a mountain top _ [F] Where the cactus [C] flowers grow _
I _ was wishing that [Dm] the world would stop _ [F] When you said we better [C] go
We _ took a rowboat [Dm] across the Rio Grande [F] _ Captain Pablo [C] was our guide
_ _ For two dollars [Bb] in a weathered hand _ [F] He rowed us to the [C] other side _
_ _ [G] We were dreaming life [Am] The end was not in sight
[F] And we dreamed all [C] afternoon _ We [G] asked the world to wait
[Am] So we could celebrate [F] _ A _ gringo [C] honeymoon
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_ We stepped out onto the [Dm] golden sand [F] The sun was high and burning [C] down _
_ Many donkeys from [Dm] an old blind man [F] _ Saddled up and [C] rode to town _
_ _ Tied our donkeys [Dm] to an ironwood tree _ [F] By the street where [Am] children [C] play
_ _ We walked in the first [Bb] place we could see _ [F] _ Serving cold [C] beer in the shade _
We [G] were dreaming [Am] life The end was not [F] in sight
And we drank all [C] afternoon _ We [G] _ asked the world to [Am] wait
So we could [F] celebrate A _ gringo honeymoon
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_ Met a cowboy [Dm] who said that he Was [F] _ running from the [C] _ [F] DEA
[C] He left to home a [Dm] wife and family _ [F] When he made his [C] getaway _
We _ followed him on down [Dm] a street of dust [F] To his run down [C] one room shack
_ He blew a smoke [Bb] ring and he smiled at us [F] _ I ain't never [C] going back _
_ _ [G] We were flying life [Am] The end was not in [F] sight
And we sold that [Am] afternoon [C] _
We [G] asked the world to [Am] wait
So we could [F] celebrate _ A gringo honeymoon
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He said there's one last [Dm] place that you [F] should go
He took us to the [C] town's best bar _ He knew a crusty [Dm] caballero
[F] He _ played an old gut [C] string guitar _ And he sang like [Dm] Marty Robbins could
_ [F] He played like [C] no one I've known _ For a while we knew that [Bb] life was [F] good
It was ours to take [C] back home
_ [G] We were singing [Am] life The end was not in [F] sight
And we sang all [C] afternoon _ [G] We asked the world to [Am] wait
So we could [F] celebrate A _ _ gringo honeymoon
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_ were standing on [Dm] a mountain top _
[F] Where the cactus [C] flowers grow
_ I _ was wishing [Dm] that the world would [F] stop _ When you said we _ better go
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