Chords for Just Across The Rio Grande

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Lights of Laredo [Em] dance on the water [F] and shine in a young [C] man's eyes _
Who stands on the border [Em] and dreams [C] of [F] paradise
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[C] He's heard crazy stories [Em] of how [C] people live _
[F] over in the promised [D] land
_ [D] He [C] heard they eat three [Am] meals a day _
[F] just [G] across the Rio [C] Grande _ _
He's _ _ got a wife named Maria [Em] and a baby named Rose [F] and another one to feed on the [C] way
Two willing hands [Em] that couldn't [C] find work [F] today _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] He stares at the river [Em] and curses the future [F] that he can't [D] understand
_ He [C] knows the child would [Am] have a chance [F] just across [G] the Rio [C] Grande
_ _ It's [G] only [C] a river that's [F] not so deep
[C] A [G] _ _ [C] boy can throw [Am] a stone across [Dm] and reach the other [G] side
_ _ [C] It's just [G] some muddy [C] _ water _ [F] _ cutting through [D] the land
But [C] a man can make [Am] a dream come true _ [F] just [G] across the Rio [C] Grande _ _ _ _ _ _
Lights of Laredo dance on the water [F] and shine in a young [C] man's eyes _
Who stands on the border and dreams of [F] paradise
_ He's [G] _ _ _ _
[C] heard crazy stories [Em] of how good life is [F] over in the promised [D] land
And [C] sometimes it seems [Am] like God must live _
[F] just [G] across the Rio [C] Grande _
It's _ only a river _ [F] that's not so deep
[C] _ [G] A _
[C] boy can throw [Am] a stone across [F] and reach the other [G] side _
[C] It's just some muddy water _ _
[F] _ cutting through [D] the land
But [C] a man can make [Am] a dream come [F] true just across the Rio [C] Grande _
Sometimes _ _ _ _ it [Am] seems like God must live [F] just [G] across the [C] Rio Grande _ _ _ _ _ _
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