The Gringo's Tale
The Gringo's Tale

The Gringo's Tale easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Beggin' 
    your 

    pardon 
    there 
    stranger 

    You 
    look 
    like 
    you're 
    new 
    to 
    this 
    town 

    We're 
    a 
    long 
    way 
    away 

    from 
    the 
    beach 
    here 

    You 
    won't 
    see 
    many 
    gringos 
    around 

    Well 
    I 
    come 
    from 
    West 
    Col
    orado 

    And 
    I've 
    wandered 
    this 

    world 
    far 
    and 
    wide 

    I've 
    lived 
    for 
    some 
    years 
    in 
    the shadows 

    And 
    my 
    eyes 
    are 
    unused 
    to 
    this 
    light 

    If 
    you 
    buy 
    me 
    a 
    strong 
    drink 
    of 
    whis
    key 

    I 
    will 
    tell 
    you 
    the 
    tale 
    of 
    my 
    life 

    It's 
    long 
    and 
    it's 
    sad 
    but 
    it 
    fit
    s me 

    And 
    it 
    may 
    bring 
    a 
    tear 
    to 
    your 
    eye 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    All 
    the 
    men 
    of 
    my 
    family 
    were 
    solidiers 

    The 
    hard 
    fightin' 
    straight 
    talkin' 
    kind 

    When 
    my 
    turn 
    came 
    all 
    that 
    was 
    over

    But 
    I'd 
    already 
    made 
    up 
    my 
    mind 

    I 
    was 
    there 
    when 
    we 
    blew 

    though Gren
    ada 

    And 
    I 
    still 
    have 
    to 
    ask 
    myself 
    why 

    Then 
    we 
    took 
    down 
    that 
    fool 

    Noriega 

    That's 
    where 
    I caught 
    the 

    good 
    colonel's 
    eye 

    Well 
    he 
    asked 
    me 
    if 
    I 
    loved 
    my 
    country 

    And 
    before 
    I 
    had 
    time 
    to 
    reply 

    He 
    regaled 
    me 
    with 
    tales 
    of 
    pas
    t 
    glor
    ies 

    I 
    believed 
    every 
    one 
    of 
    his 
    lies 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 3
    So 
    I 
    left 
    my 
    old 
    life 
    be
    hind 
    me 

    Turned 
    my 
    back 
    on 
    my 
    family 
    and 
    friends 

    And 
    I 
    did 
    everything 
    that 
    they 
    asked 
    me 

    And 
    I 
    lost 
    some 
    sleep 
    now 
    and 
    again 

    And 
    I 
    lived 
    like 
    a 
    thief 
    and 
    as
    sassin 

    I 
    smuggled 
    their 
    poisons 
    some
    times 

    Until 
    I 
    asked 
    the 
    wrong 

    question 
    in 
    passin' 

    Verse 4

    And 
    the 
    colonel 
    himself 
    dropped 
    the 
    dime 

    So 
    if 
    you're 
    ever 
    in 
    west 
    Col
    orado 

    Tell 
    the 
    folks 
    in 
    Durango 

    good
    bye 

    There's 
    a 
    price 
    on 
    my 

    head 
    and 
    I 
    can't 
    go 

    So 
    I'll 
    just 
    wait 
    around 
    here 
    'til 
    I 
    die 


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