Mexicali Blues Chords by Bob Weir

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_ [A] Lay back in an old [B] saloon [C] with a [B] peso in [Em] my hand
[A] Watching fires and children [D] on the street
_ [A] And I catch a glimpse, a [D] black-eyed [C] girl will [B] giggle
And [Em] when I smile, [A] there's a little boy that wants to shine [D] my feet
_ [G] And it's three days [B] right from Baker's [Em] Field and I don't know why I came
[A] I guess I came to keep from [D] paid dues
_ [G] So instead I've [B] got a bottle [Em] and a girl who's just fourteen
[A] And a damn good case of the Mexicali blues
Yeah, [D] _ is there anything a man don't stand to lose?
_ When the devil [A] wants to take it all away
Cherish well your thoughts, keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause making and [Em] drinking aren't all I [A] have today
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_ _ [A] her name was Billie Jean, [C] she [B] was [Em] fresh in town
[A] I didn't know a state line [D] ran from hell
_ [A] She had red hair, a ruffled [C] dress, a [B] necklace [Em] made of gold
[A] All French perfume you'd [D] care to smell
[G] She took me [B] up into her [Em] room, whispered in my ear
[A] Go on my friend, do anything [D] you choose
_ [G] Now I'm paying [B] for those happy [Em] hours I spent bare in her arms
[A] With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali blues
Yeah, [D] is there anything a man don't stand to lose?
_ When the devil [A] wants to take it all away
Cherish well your thoughts, keep a tight grip on your booze
Cause making and [Em] drinking aren't all I [A] have today
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_ _ [A] a man rolled into town [C] and some [B] thought he [Em] was the law
[A] Billie Jean was waiting when [D] he came
She _ [A] told me he would take me [C] if I [B] didn't [Em] use my gun
[A] I'd have no one but myself [D] to blame
I [G] went down to [B] those rusty streets, [Em] love was on my mind
[A] I guess that stranger hadn't heard [D] the news _
_ [G] Cause I shot first [B] and killed him, [Em] lord he didn't even draw
[A] And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali blues
Yeah, [D] is there anything a man don't stand to lose?
_ When he lets a woman [A] hold him in her hands
He just might find himself out there almost back in the dark
Just riding [Em] and running across those desert [A] sands
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