Chords for Texas Tornados, Laredo Rose, Gruene Hall, 1992

_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] The son of a Santa Tonga, [B] Mr.
Rich Man, [C#] is my compadre.
He's from the Gavacho.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [C#]
Laredo, Lord, _ your garden has a [F#] simple chief of youth.
_ [B] Our son [C#] is a stranger to you.
_ How's the rose [F#]
supposed to bloom?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] [C#] Laredo, Lord, _ her rosary hangs [F#] from your bedpost.
_ _ [G] Our man [C] you [C#] just met gets stuck, _ stumbles putting on [F#] his clothes.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] As he walks away, [C#] he wants candle and flame [F#] for the photograph.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Husband and a [C#] son, and a dolly, you bought [F#] her yesterday.
He's [C#] Santa Maria. _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] Laredo, _ [B] _ [C#] [G#m] your garden has a [F#] simple _ son. _ _
_ [G] _ [C] [C#] He's a stranger to you.
How's the rose [F#] supposed to bloom? _
Laquito!
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Woo-hoo! _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C#] Echale, echale, echale, echale! _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] Couple bells on the present.
_ [C#]
Father confessor [F#] knows the wages of sin. _
_ [A#] _ [B] Three times every day, and [C#] sure tonight follows [F#] day.
They'll be paid again.
[B] You [C#] never know.
_ _ _ _ [B] [C] You [C#] never know.
_ _ Our lady looks down [B] from [F#] the golden wall.
_ _ [G] _ [C] [C#] Uneven footsteps grow faint as _ they [F#] echo down the hall.
_ _ [G] _ [C#] Laredo, Lord, _ your garden has a [F#] scent of cheap perfume.
_ Our [C] son is [C#] a stranger to you.
How's the rose [F#] supposed to bloom?
Our [G] son is [C#] a stranger to _ you.
How's the rose [F#] supposed to bloom?
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _