New Mexico chords by Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two

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