Chords for Tom Lehrer: In Old Mexico (studio solo) (1959)
Tempo:
115.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Eb
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Bb] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[D] [A]
When it's Fiesta time [G] in [A] [G] [A] Guadalajara Then I long to be back once again in [B] old [D] Mexico
Where we lived for today [Gb] never giving [B] a thought to [Em] tomorrow
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo
[G] The mariachis [D] would serenade [A] And they would not shut up till [D] they were paid
ate, we drank, [D] and we were merry [A] And we got typhoid and dysentery
[C] [Bb]
[D] [A]
When it's Fiesta time [G] in [A] [G] [A] Guadalajara Then I long to be back once again in [B] old [D] Mexico
Where we lived for today [Gb] never giving [B] a thought to [Em] tomorrow
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo
[G] The mariachis [D] would serenade [A] And they would not shut up till [D] they were paid
ate, we drank, [D] and we were merry [A] And we got typhoid and dysentery
100% ➙ 116BPM
D
A
G
Eb
B
D
A
G
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When it's _ Fiesta time _ [G] in [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ Guadalajara _ _ Then I long to be back once again in [B] old [D] Mexico _ _
_ _ _ Where we lived for today [Gb] never giving [B] a thought to [Em] _ tomorrow
_ To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo _ _
_ [G] The mariachis [D] would serenade [A] And they would not shut up till [D] they were paid
[G] We ate, we drank, [D] and we were merry [A] And we got typhoid and dysentery
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ But best of all we went [A] to the Plaza de [G] Toros Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose
I revive by recalling [E] that scene _ And [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] names like Belmonte, Dominguin and [G] Manolete
If I live to a hundred and [F] eighty I shall never forget what [E] they mean _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man
Facing single-handedly a half a ton of angry [D] pot _ roasts _ _ _ _ _
Out came the matador who must have [Eb] been patador Slightly insane but who looked [D] rather bored _ _ _
_ And the picadors of [Eb] course, each one on his horse I shouted Ole [Eb] every time one was gored
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] I cheered at the [D] bandarilleros display [A] As they stalked the [D] bull in their own clever [G] way
For I hadn't had so much fun since [B] the day [Em] My brother's dog [A] Rover [D] got run over _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ Rover was killed by a Pontiac And it was done with such grace and artistry
That the witnesses awarded the driver both [D] ears and the tail
[Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ [Eb] But I digress _ _
The moment had come [D] I swallowed my gum We knew there'd [Eb] be blood on the sand [D] pretty soon _
_ _ _ The crowd held its breath hoping that death Would brighten [Eb] an otherwise dull [D] afternoon
_ _ _ _ At [G] last the matador did what [D] we wanted him to [A] He raised his sword and [D] his aim was true
[G] In that moment of truth [D] I suddenly [B] knew _ That [A] someone had stolen [D] my wallet _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] Now it's fiesta [Gbm] _ _ [D]
time [A] In Akron, _ [G] _ _ [A]
Ohio
_ _ _ But it's [Em] back to old Guadalajara I'm longing [A] [D] to go
_ _ _ _ Far away from the [Am] strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] _ CIO
_ How I wish [D] I could get back to the land [A] of the wetback and forget the [Am] Alamo _ _ _
[Em] [A] In old _ [D] Mexico _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When it's _ Fiesta time _ [G] in [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ Guadalajara _ _ Then I long to be back once again in [B] old [D] Mexico _ _
_ _ _ Where we lived for today [Gb] never giving [B] a thought to [Em] _ tomorrow
_ To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo _ _
_ [G] The mariachis [D] would serenade [A] And they would not shut up till [D] they were paid
[G] We ate, we drank, [D] and we were merry [A] And we got typhoid and dysentery
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ But best of all we went [A] to the Plaza de [G] Toros Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose
I revive by recalling [E] that scene _ And [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] names like Belmonte, Dominguin and [G] Manolete
If I live to a hundred and [F] eighty I shall never forget what [E] they mean _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man
Facing single-handedly a half a ton of angry [D] pot _ roasts _ _ _ _ _
Out came the matador who must have [Eb] been patador Slightly insane but who looked [D] rather bored _ _ _
_ And the picadors of [Eb] course, each one on his horse I shouted Ole [Eb] every time one was gored
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] I cheered at the [D] bandarilleros display [A] As they stalked the [D] bull in their own clever [G] way
For I hadn't had so much fun since [B] the day [Em] My brother's dog [A] Rover [D] got run over _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ Rover was killed by a Pontiac And it was done with such grace and artistry
That the witnesses awarded the driver both [D] ears and the tail
[Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ [Eb] But I digress _ _
The moment had come [D] I swallowed my gum We knew there'd [Eb] be blood on the sand [D] pretty soon _
_ _ _ The crowd held its breath hoping that death Would brighten [Eb] an otherwise dull [D] afternoon
_ _ _ _ At [G] last the matador did what [D] we wanted him to [A] He raised his sword and [D] his aim was true
[G] In that moment of truth [D] I suddenly [B] knew _ That [A] someone had stolen [D] my wallet _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] Now it's fiesta [Gbm] _ _ [D]
time [A] In Akron, _ [G] _ _ [A]
Ohio
_ _ _ But it's [Em] back to old Guadalajara I'm longing [A] [D] to go
_ _ _ _ Far away from the [Am] strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] _ CIO
_ How I wish [D] I could get back to the land [A] of the wetback and forget the [Am] Alamo _ _ _
[Em] [A] In old _ [D] Mexico _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _
