Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Am
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Verse 1
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( Listen... shh... listen! There,
A
it's playing again...
Gm
Dm
Gringo's guitar playing songs of desire
A
Dm
A
Dm
are sung by the haunted wind! )
Verse 2
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Down in Nualo, Laredo,
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on the border of ol' Mexico
Em
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there's a legend they tell of a cowboy,
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a tall Texas drover named "Joe"
but the braseros just call him "Gringo",
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Dm
Gm
the gringo who played the gui tar
Dm
to the Mexican girl that he loved so,
A
'neath the misty Mexico
star
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A
Verse 3
Dm
( Listen... shh... listen! There,
A
it's playing again...
Gm
Gringo's guitar playing
Dm
songs of desire
A
Dm
A
Dm
are sung by the haunted wind! )
Verse 4
He sang of the day when they'd marry,
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when the round- up was over an' through
Em
and great were the plans
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for their wedding,
and for dreams they dreamed
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would come true
But he never came back from the round- up,
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a stampeding herd ran him down
Dm
but, sometimes, strange and beautiful music
A
of a guitar is heard through
the town
Dm
A
Verse 5
Dm
( Listen... shh... listen! There,
A
it's playing again...
Gm
Gringo's guitar playing
Dm
songs of desire
A
are sung by the haunted
Dm
wind! )
Outro 1
Words and Music by Cindy Walker
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