Chords for Merle Haggard - Seashores of Old Mexico

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I left out [Gm] of Tucson [Cm] with no [Eb] _ destination in [Fm] _ [Bb] mind. _ _
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I [Fm] was running from [Bb] trouble and [Ab] the jail term [Bb] the judge had in [Eb] mind.
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And [Bbm] the border meant [Eb] freedom, [Bbm] a new [Eb] life, romance.
_ [Bbm] That's why [Eb] I thought I should [Ab] go _ [Cm] _
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_ [Fm] start my [Bb] life over on [Ab] the seashores [Bb] of old [Eb] Mexico.
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My first night [Gm] in Juarez [Cm] I lost [Eb] all the money [Fm] I had.
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[Fm] One bad _ [Bb] senorita [Ab] made use of [Bb] one innocent [Eb] lad.
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But [Bbm] I must keep [Eb] on running, [Db] it's too [Bbm] late to turn back.
I'm [Db] wanted [Eb] in Tucson, [Ab] I know.
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Yeah, and things will blow [Bb] over [Fm] on the seashores [Bb] of old [Eb] Mexico.
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Two Mexican [Gm] farmers [Ab] en [Eb] route to a town I [Fm] can't say.
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[Ab] Let me ride on [D] the back of [Ab] a flatbed [Bb] half loaded [Eb] with hay. _ _
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_ [Bbm] Down through [Eb] _
Durango, [Bbm] Colima, _ [Eb] Almeria, _ [Bbm] then [Eb] into _ [Ab] Mantanio.
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Where I slept in [Bb] the sunshine on [Fm] the seashores [Bb] of old [Eb] Mexico. _ _ _ _
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[E] After one [Abm] long siesta I [E] came wide awake in [Gbm] the night.
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I was [Gbm] startled [B] by someone who [A] shadowed [B] the pale _ [E] moonlight.
_ [Abm] My _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] new [E] found companion, [Bm] one young _ [E] senorita _ [Bm] who offered a [A] broken hello.
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To the gringo [B] she found on the [Gbm] _ seashores of [B]
old Mexico.
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She [F] spoke [Am] of Sonora and [F] swore that she'd never _ [Gm] _ return. _
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Her Mexican [C] _
husband [Gm] she really had [E] no great _ [F] concern.
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[Cm] But she loved [F] the gringo, [Cm] my red hair [F] and lingo.
[Cm] That's all [F] I needed [Bb] to know.
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Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores [C] of old Mexico.
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[Cm] Yeah, she loved the [F] gringo, [Eb] my red hair [F] and lingo.
[Eb] That's all I [F] needed to [Bb] know.
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Yeah, I found what [C] I needed [Bb] on the seashores [C] of old [F] Mexico.
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