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Rio Grande chords by 
Dave Alvin
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Verse 1
C
I guess she put her blue dress on
Am
And walked out late last night
C
Left one silk stocking
Am
Dangling from the bedside light
Dm
I sobered up and called her name
F
C
Just before the dawn
Dm
I saw her footprints in the sand
F
And knew that she had gone
Am
Down the Rio Grande.
Interlude 1
C
Dm
F
Verse 2
C
I pulled out of Albuquerque
Am
Prayin' I wasn't late
C
I got a couple cups of coffee
Am
Dm
At some joint off the interstate
Passin' through Las Cruces
F
I swear I saw her car
Dm
She always said she'd go someday
F
But never said how far
C
Down the Rio Grande.
Dm
Verse 3
G
Maybe she's in Brownsville
C
G
Am
She's got some family there
Dm
G
She was always talkin' ‘bout
C
G
Am
The salty Gulf Coast air
Dm
F
Where the river ends
G
C
Down the Rio Grande.
Interlude 2
C
Dm
F
Verse 4
C
I saw an old grey heron
Am
Flyin' south against the wind
C
Storm clouds over Juarez
Am
Rollin' east to the Big Bend
Dm
I drove down Highway Ninety
F
Through a dusty desert wind
Dm
I didn't know where it would lead me
F
C
F
Or if I'd find her again
C
Down the Rio Grande.
Interlude 3
C
Dm
F
Verse 5
C
I lit my last cigarette
Am
C
As the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead
Am
Dm
A red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border
C
F
‘Tween the future
C
Dm
and the past
One fading slowly
F
And the other comin' fast
C
Down the Rio Grande.
Verse 6
Dm
G
Maybe she's in Brownsville
C
G
Am
She's got some family there
Dm
G
She was always talkin' ‘bout
C
G
Am
The salty gulf coast air
Dm
C
F
Where the river ends
C
Down the Rio Grande.
Interlude 4
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Dm
F
Dm
Verse 7
C
I bought a bottle in Del Rio
Am
C
And I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night
Am
Starin' at the lights of Mexico
Dm
C
And I walked down to border bridge
Csus4
C
At the break of day
Dm
And I threw that empty bottle off
F
C
And I watched it float away
Dm
G
Down the Rio Grande.
C
Verse 8
Dm
G
Maybe she's in Brownsville
C
G
Am
She's got some family there
Dm
G
She was always talkin ‘bout
C
G
Am
The salty gulf coast air
Dm
F
Where the river ends
C
Dm
F
C
Down the Rio Grande
Dm
Where the river ends.
Outro 1
Dm
F
C
Dm
F
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