New Mexico chords by Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two
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Verse 1
(G major) T'was in the town of Griffin,
(D major) the year was Eighty (G major) three
It was (C major) there an old cow puncher,
stepped (G major) up and said to me
How do (C major) you do young fellow and
(G major) how would you like to go
And spend a pleasant summer,
out (D major) in New Mexico
(G major)
Verse 2
I'll furnish you good wages,
your transportation (D major) too (G major)
If (C major) you will but go with me,
one summer (G major) season through
But if (C major) you should get homesick
and (G major) back to Griffin go
Then I'll furnish you no horses
from the (D major) hills of Mexico
(G major)
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Verse 3
We left the town of Griffin in
the (D major) merry month of May (G major)
When all (C major) the world was lovely
and (G major) everything was gay
With saddles (C major) on our horses,
marching (G major) over we did go
Until we reached the logging
out (D major) in New Mexico
(G major)
Verse 4
It was there our pleasures ended
and our troubles (D major) they began (G major)
The first (C major) hail storm fell on us,
those cattle (G major) how they ran
Through (C major) all the thorns and thistles,
us (G major) cowboys had to go
While the Indians watched upon us,
out (D major) in New Mexico
(G major)
Verse 5
Well, when the drive was over,
the riders (D major) would not pay (G major)
To (C major) all you happy people,
this (G major) much I have to say
Go (C major) back to your friends and loved ones,
tell (G major) others not to go
To the God forsaken country,
they call (D major) New Mexico (G major)
New Mexico
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two
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