Rio Grande chords by
Dave Alvin

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
C C 
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I  guess she put her blue dress on
Am Am 
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And walked out late last night
C C 
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Left one silk stocking
Am Am 
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Dangling from the bedside light
Dm Dm 
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I   sobered up and called her name
F F 
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C C 
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Just before the dawn
Dm Dm 
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I saw her footprints in the sand
F F 
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And knew that she had gone
Am Am 
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Down the Rio Grande.

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
C C 
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I pulled out of Albuquerque
Am Am 
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Prayin' I wasn't late
C C 
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I got a couple cups of coffee
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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At some joint off the interstate
Passin' through Las Cruces
F F 
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I swear I saw her car
Dm Dm 
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She always said she'd go someday
F F 
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But never said how far
C C 
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Down the Rio Grande.
Dm Dm 
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Verse 3
G G 
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Maybe she's in Brownsville
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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She's got some family there
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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She was always talkin' ‘bout
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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The salty Gulf Coast air
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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Where the river ends
G G 
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C C 
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Down the Rio  Grande.

Interlude 2

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Verse 4
C C 
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I saw an old grey heron
Am Am 
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Flyin' south against the wind
C C 
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Storm clouds over Juarez
Am Am 
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Rollin' east to the Big Bend
Dm Dm 
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I drove down Highway Ninety
F F 
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Through a dusty desert wind
Dm Dm 
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I didn't know where it would lead me
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C C 
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F F 
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Or if I'd find her again
C C 
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Down the Rio Grande.

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Verse 5
C C 
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I lit my last cigarette
Am Am 
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C C 
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As the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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A red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border
C C 
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F F 
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‘Tween the future
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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and the past
One fading slowly
F F 
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And the other comin' fast
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Down the Rio Grande.

Verse 6
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Maybe she's in Brownsville
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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She's got some family there
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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She was always talkin' ‘bout
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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The salty gulf coast air
Dm Dm 
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C C 
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F F 
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Where the river ends
C C 
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Down the Rio Grande.

Interlude 4

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Verse 7
C C 
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I bought a bottle in Del Rio
Am Am 
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C C 
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And I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night
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Starin' at the lights of Mexico
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C C 
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And I walked down to border bridge
Csus4 Csus4 
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C C 
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At       the break of day
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And I threw that empty bottle off
F F 
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C C 
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And I watched it float away
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Down the Rio Grande.
C C 
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Verse 8
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Maybe she's in Brownsville
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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She's got some family there
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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She was always talkin ‘bout
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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The salty gulf coast air
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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Where the river ends
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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F F 
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C C 
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Down the Rio Grande
Dm Dm 
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Where the river ends.