Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
C#m
E
C#m
E
F#
E
F#
E
C#m
C#
E
A
Verse 1
E
I
C#m
F#
E
had a maid she used to come in days
B
F#
E
Made the bed and mopped the floor
C#m
C#
She didn't like my rowdy ways
C#m
E
An d she ain't coming
A
E
back na' more
B
A
E
You waste all your precious time
B
A
E
Italian movies and Portuguese wine
B
A
Little round bottles all in a row
B
E
You're an unclean man
E
Verse 2
long and it's tall
E
A
C#m
You'll be dancing around
F#sus4
E
A
E
B
you're feeling all right
E
B
A
E
B
Verse 3
C#
E
She started life
B
F#
E
in the lettuce fields
Up in Salinas where the
C#m
F#
E
farm work is done
C#m
You go streaking by in your automobiles
your lettuce comes from
E
B
The short handled hoe
C#
C#m
it scarred my hands
E
B
A
Tell me why do they love it so
E
B
C#
It broke mama down daddy too
C#m
E
B
A
Now I work for you in your
E
B
dirty chateau
C#m
E
Verse 4
B
A
My friends are coming
and they'd like to hear
E
B
C#m
E
A real sad Mexican song or two
B
A
They been drinking and they don't care
E
A
Just what you been goin' through
E
A
How bout Paloma Sin Nido
E
A
Pa Que Me Sirve la Vida
E
A
What about Pobre del Pobre
E
A
Also Lamento de un Prisionero
E
A
She used to call me borracho y perdido
E
A
E
Said I was loco y jodido
E
A
Nunca quiero ver tu cara
Verse 5
E
(Dirty chateau)
E
A
She's gone
E
A
But she is gone
(Dirty chateau)
E
A
But she's gone
A
E
In the world somewhere
A
E
(Dirty chateau)
Verse 6
A
E
Salinas somewhere,
A
E
A
E
A
Los Angeles somewhere,
Outro 1
I just don't know
E
A
E
A
E
A
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE C#m F# C# A...
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