Chords for Mitchell Torok - When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba ( 1956 )

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_ Out in Mexico at each high noon, siesta is [G] the thing.
You can find them [D] sleeping out [G] in the shade [Bm] while the birds [Dm] [C] softly sing.
But from the radio there comes a U.S. show and the disc [F] jockey's playing the balloon.
[G] Before they know what's happened, they're up and clapping to the tune of the blue [C] suede shoe. _
[Bm] _ [C] One, two, well then rock. _
It's the funniest thing [F] ever true.
[C] The day that [G] Mexico gave up the [D] rumba [Dm] to do the rock [C] and [G] roll.
In the middle of town, the [C] pick a bullring stand and it reaches to [G] the sky. _
Inside the matador has got his sword in hand and a bull is fixing [C] to die.
But from a _ phonograph there comes a frantic sound and the sword drops from [F] his hand.
The bull [G] begins to dance around in the dust, the beat of a pick a [C] blast band. _
[B] _ [C] One, two, well then rock. _
It's the funniest [Am] thing ever true.
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[C] The day that [G] Mexico gave [Gm] up the rumba [Dm] to do the [C] rock and roll.
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[G] _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
In the summertime the tourists come expecting to [G] see the [Am] scene.
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Of the quiet places and the quiet [B]
faces they read of in [C] magazines. _
But then they're amazed that when they find his caravans, he's not in the U [F].S. alone.
They [G] used to dance near the star to the Spanish guitar, [Dm] but now they do it to the _ [C] saxophone. _
_ One, two, well then rock. _
It's the funniest thing ever [F] true.
[C] The day that [G] Mexico gave up the rumba to do the [Dm] rock [C] and roll. _
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