ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird (Lyrics on screen) Chords
Tempo:
96.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] If you're down in Acuna [D] and you ain't up [C] to [A] being alone
Don't [D] spend all your money on just [C] any honey [A] that's grown
Go [E] find the Mexican blackbird [D] and send [C] all your troubles [A] back home
[E] They
[G] [Ab] [A] all call her puta, [D] cause no one [C] really knows [A] her name
[D] She works the cantina, dancing [C] and all of [A] them's her trade
Her [E] mama was Mexican [D] and her daddy [C] was a [A] ace of spades
Oh, [E] let's drive that old Chrysler [G] to Mexico, [Ab] boy
[D] Say, [G] [D]
keep your [G] hands on the [D] wheel there
[G]
[Ab] [D] Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
[G] [A] [Dm] [G]
[D] Now you got another one of them broods back [G] there
[D] [C]
[D] Oh, this is [G] gonna be so [D] good
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [D]
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [E]
[G] [Ab] [A] She hot as a pepper, [D] but smooth [C] as a Mexican [A] bruise
[D] So head for the border and put in an [C] [A] order or two
The [E] wings of the [D] blackbird will spread [C] like an eagle [A] for you
[E] [G] Oh, one [Ab] more [D] time
Can you roll another bowl around, [G] please?
[Gm] [G]
[D]
[G] [A] Can't you do it with [B] one hand, boy?
[E] [A] [D] [A]
Don't [D] spend all your money on just [C] any honey [A] that's grown
Go [E] find the Mexican blackbird [D] and send [C] all your troubles [A] back home
[E] They
[G] [Ab] [A] all call her puta, [D] cause no one [C] really knows [A] her name
[D] She works the cantina, dancing [C] and all of [A] them's her trade
Her [E] mama was Mexican [D] and her daddy [C] was a [A] ace of spades
Oh, [E] let's drive that old Chrysler [G] to Mexico, [Ab] boy
[D] Say, [G] [D]
keep your [G] hands on the [D] wheel there
[G]
[Ab] [D] Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
[G] [A] [Dm] [G]
[D] Now you got another one of them broods back [G] there
[D] [C]
[D] Oh, this is [G] gonna be so [D] good
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [D]
[A] [B]
[E] [A] [E]
[G] [Ab] [A] She hot as a pepper, [D] but smooth [C] as a Mexican [A] bruise
[D] So head for the border and put in an [C] [A] order or two
The [E] wings of the [D] blackbird will spread [C] like an eagle [A] for you
[E] [G] Oh, one [Ab] more [D] time
Can you roll another bowl around, [G] please?
[Gm] [G]
[D]
[G] [A] Can't you do it with [B] one hand, boy?
[E] [A] [D] [A]
Key:
D
A
G
C
E
D
A
G
[A] If you're down in Acuna [D] and you ain't up [C] to [A] being alone
_ Don't _ _ _ [D] spend all your money on just [C] any honey [A] that's grown
_ Go _ _ _ [E] find the Mexican blackbird [D] and send [C] all your troubles [A] back home
_ [E] They _
[G] _ [Ab] _ [A] all call her puta, [D] cause no one [C] really knows [A] her name _ _ _ _
_ [D] She works the cantina, dancing [C] and all of [A] them's her trade
_ Her _ _ _ [E] mama was Mexican [D] and her daddy [C] was a [A] ace of spades
Oh, [E] let's drive that old Chrysler [G] to Mexico, [Ab] boy
[D] _ Say, [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ keep your [G] hands on the [D] wheel there
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [D] _ _ Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Now you got another one of them broods back [G] there
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ Oh, this is [G] gonna be so [D] good
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ [Ab] [A] She hot as a pepper, [D] but smooth [C] as a Mexican [A] _ bruise _ _ _
_ [D] So head for the border and put in an [C] [A] order or two _ _ _ _ _
The [E] wings of the [D] blackbird will spread [C] like an eagle [A] for you
_ _ _ [E] [G] Oh, one [Ab] more [D] time _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Can you roll another bowl around, [G] please?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] Can't you do it with [B] one hand, boy?
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't _ _ _ [D] spend all your money on just [C] any honey [A] that's grown
_ Go _ _ _ [E] find the Mexican blackbird [D] and send [C] all your troubles [A] back home
_ [E] They _
[G] _ [Ab] _ [A] all call her puta, [D] cause no one [C] really knows [A] her name _ _ _ _
_ [D] She works the cantina, dancing [C] and all of [A] them's her trade
_ Her _ _ _ [E] mama was Mexican [D] and her daddy [C] was a [A] ace of spades
Oh, [E] let's drive that old Chrysler [G] to Mexico, [Ab] boy
[D] _ Say, [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ keep your [G] hands on the [D] wheel there
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [D] _ _ Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Now you got another one of them broods back [G] there
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ Oh, this is [G] gonna be so [D] good
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ [Ab] [A] She hot as a pepper, [D] but smooth [C] as a Mexican [A] _ bruise _ _ _
_ [D] So head for the border and put in an [C] [A] order or two _ _ _ _ _
The [E] wings of the [D] blackbird will spread [C] like an eagle [A] for you
_ _ _ [E] [G] Oh, one [Ab] more [D] time _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Can you roll another bowl around, [G] please?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] Can't you do it with [B] one hand, boy?
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _