New Mexico chords by Faron Young

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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) It was out in old
West
G 
Texas in the  (G major) spring of 83
C 
F 
 (C major) That a fancy  (F major) cow drover came
C 
a -steppin' up to  (C major) me
F 
Sayin',  (F major) how do you do, young fella,
and how'd you like to go
C 
 (C major) And spend one summer
G 
drivin' on the  (G major) trail to
New
Mexico
C 
 (C major) Now I wasn't workin' so
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C 
to the  (G major) drover I did say  (C major) 
F 
But goin'  (F major) out to
New
C 
Mexico depends upon the  (C major) pay
F 
If you'll  (F major) pay me good wages
and a horse and a saddle too
C 
 (C major) I think, I will go with you and
G 
C 
 (G major) stay the summer through  (C major) 
Ab 
Db 
My  (A flat major) pleas (D flat major) ures all ended and
Ab 
my  (A flat major) troubles soon began
Db 
Gb 
 (D flat major) The first  (G flat major) arm that hit us when the cattle,
Db 
oh, they ran  (D flat major) 
Gb 
While  (G flat major) running through thorned stickers
there was something we didn't know
Db 
 (D flat major) The
Indians were watching us
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from the  (A flat major) hills of
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A 
Mexico  (D flat major)  (A major) 
The
D 
A 
 (D major) Indians rustled the cattle, and the  (A major) drover,
D 
well, he didn't pay  (D major) 
G 
Before  (G major) we knew what happened,
D 
he'd get up and rode away  (D major) 
G 
So go  (G major) home to your wives and children,
D 
boys, tell others not to go  (D major) 
A 
To that forsaken country they call  (A major) 
New
Mexico
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A 
 (D major) To that forsaken country they  (A major) call
New
Mexico
D 
A 
 (D major) To that forsaken country they call  (A major) 
New
Mexico
D 
 (D major) To that forsaken country...