Mexico City chords by Jolie Holland

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Verse 1
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Jack and Edie lying
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across my bed
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Flying high like the spirits of the dead
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The living and the dead,
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the living and the dead
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Verse 2
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Our Lady of Sorrows and the
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A 
long dark night
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How many candles could I light
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For the living and the dead,
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the living and the dead?

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Verse 3

What's that black smoke rising Jack,

is the world on fire?

What's that distant singing,

is it a heavenly choir?

Of the living and the dead,

the living and the dead

Verse 4
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I think about you Jack
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watching the TV
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And drinking booze, shame on you,
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shame on me
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But how can we help it there
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was no where else to go
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I sent Julie and Billy out
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on that long hard road
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On that long hard road,
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on that long hard road

Verse 5
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I'm just back from Mexico city
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I came back north to Texas
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to rest my weary head
My true love is fresh from
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the battle field
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Sewing up the dying and
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carting off the dead
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My baby don't stand no fighting amongst the living or

Interlude 1

the dead

Verse 6
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What's that black smoke rising Jack,
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is the world on fire?
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D 
What's that distant singing,
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is it a heavenly choir?
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Of the living and the dead,
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the living and the dead
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The living and the dead,
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the living and the dead
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The living and the dead,
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the living and the dead