Mexicali Blues

Mexicali Blues easy guitar chords by Grateful Dead

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • D

  • A

  • C

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • C

  • B

    2
  • Em

  • G

  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Laid 
    back 
    in an 
    old 
    saloon 

    With 
    a peso 
    in my 
    hand 

    Watching 
    flies 
    and 
    children 
    on 
    the street 

    And 
    I catch 
    a glimpse 
    of 
    black-eyed 

    Girls 
    Girls 
    who 
    giggle 
    when 
    I smile 

    There's 
    little 
    boy 
    who 
    wants 

    To shine 
    my 
    feet 

    And it's 
    three 
    days 
    ride 
    from 
    Bakersfield 
    and 

    don't 
    know 
    why 
    I came 

    guess 
    came 
    to keep 
    from 
    paying 
    dues 

    So 
    instead 
    I've 
    got 
    bottle 
    and 

    A girl 
    who's just 
    fourteen 

    And 
    damn 
    good 
    case 
    of 

    the 
    Mexicali blues 

    Yeah 

    Verse 2
    Is 
    there 
    anything 
    a man 

    don't 
    stand 
    to lose? 

    When 
    the devil 
    wants 
    to take 

    it 
    all away? 

    Cherish 
    well 
    your thoughts 

    And 
    keep 
    a tight 
    grip 
    on 
    your booze 

    Cause 
    thinkin' 
    and 
    drinkin' 
    are 

    All 
    have 
    today 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 3
    She 
    said 
    her name 
    was 
    Billy 
    Jean 

    And 
    she 
    was fresh 
    in 
    town 

    didn't 
    know 
    a stage 
    line 
    ran 
    from 
    Hell 

    She 
    had 
    raven 
    hair, 
    a ruffled 
    dress 

    necklace 
    made of 
    gold 

    All 
    the French 
    perfume 

    you'd 
    care 
    to smell 

    She 
    took 
    me 
    up 
    in
    to 
    her room 

    And 
    whispered 
    in 
    my 
    ear 

    "Go 
    on, 
    my 
    friend, 

    do 
    anything 
    you choose" 

    Now 
    I'm 
    payin' 
    for 
    those 
    happy 
    hours 

    spent 
    there 
    in 
    her arms 

    With 
    lifetime's 
    worth 
    of 

    Verse 4
    the 
    Mexicali Blues 


    Is 
    there 
    anything 
    a man 

    don't 
    stand 
    to 
    lose? 

    When 
    the 
    devil 
    wants 

    to take 
    it 
    all 
    away? 

    Cherish 
    well 
    your thoughts 

    And 
    keep 
    a tight 
    grip 
    on 
    your booze 

    Cause 
    thinkin' 
    and drinkin' 
    are 

    All 
    have 
    today 


    Verse 5
    And 


    then 
    a man 

    rode 
    into 
    town 

    Some 
    thought 
    he was 
    the law 

    Billy 
    Jean 
    was 
    waiting 
    when 
    he came 

    She 
    told 
    me 
    he 
    would take 
    her 

    If I 
    did
    n't 
    use 
    my 
    gun 

    I'd 
    have 
    no one 
    but 
    myself 
    to blame 

    went 
    down 
    to 
    those 
    dusty 
    streets 

    Blood 
    was on 
    my 
    mind 

    guess 
    that 
    stranger 
    hadn't 

    heard 
    the 
    news 

    Cause 
    shot 
    first 
    an
    d killed 
    him, 
    Lord 

    He 
    didn't 
    even 
    draw 
    and 

    he made 
    me 
    trade 
    the 

    Gallows 
    for 
    the Mexicali Blues 
    yeah 

    Verse 6
    Is 
    there 
    anything 
    a man 

    don't 
    stand 
    to 
    lose? 

    When 
    the 
    devil 
    wants 

    to take 
    it 
    all away? 

    Cherish 
    well your 
    thoughts 

    And 
    keep 
    a tight 
    grip on 
    your 
    booze 

    Cause 
    thinkin' 
    and drinkin' 
    are 

    All I 
    have 
    today 

    Outro 1



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