Gringo Honeymoon chords by Robert Earl Keen
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We were standin' on a mountain top
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Where the cactus flowers grow
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I was wishin' that the world would stop
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When you said we'd better go
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We took a rowboat across the Rio Grande
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Captain Pablo was our guide
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For two dollars in a weathered hand
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He rowed us to the other side
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Chorus 1
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And we were dreamin' like
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the end was not in sight
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And we dreamed all afternoon
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We asked the world to wait
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so we could celebrate
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A gringo honeymoon
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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We stepped out onto the golden sand
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The sun was high and burning down
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Rented donkeys from an old blind man
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Saddled up and rode to town
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Tied our donkeys to an ironwood tree
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By the street where children play
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We walked in the first place we could see
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Servin' cold beer in the shade
Chorus 2
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We were drinkin' like
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the end was not in sight
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And we drank all afternoon
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We asked the world to wait
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so we could celebrate
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A gringo honeymoon
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Met a cowboy who said that he
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Was running from the DEA
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He left a home, a wife, and family
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When he made his getaway
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We followed him on down a street of dust
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To his run-down one- room shack
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He blew a smoke ring and he smiled at us
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"I ain't never goin' back"
Chorus 3
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We were flyin' like
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the end was not in sight
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And we soared that afternoon
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We asked the world to wait
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so we could celebrate
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A gringo honeymoon
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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He said there's one last place
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that you should go
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He took us to the town's best bar
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He knew a crusty caballero
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Who played an old gut-string guitar
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And he sang like Marty Robbins could
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Played like no one I've known
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For a while we knew that life was good
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It was ours to take back home
Chorus 4
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We were singin' like
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the end was not in sight
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And we sang all afternoon
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We asked the world to wait
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so we could celebrate
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A gringo honeymoon
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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We were standin' on a mountain top
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Where the cactus flowers grow
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I was wishin' that the world would stop
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When you said we'd better go
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Gringo Honeymoon
Robert Earl Keen
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