Key: C major•
Verse 1
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I got my discharge
from Fort Irwin
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Took a place on the San Diego county line
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Felt funny bein' a civilian again
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the line
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With the California Border Patrol
Verse 2
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Bobby Ramirez was a ten-
We became friends
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His family was from Guanajuato
deserts and mountains"
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We send 'em home and they
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Verse 3
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Kept my uniform pressed and clean
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At night I chased their shadows
Verse 4
farmers with their families,
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And try to keep 'em from
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crossin' the line
Verse 5
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She was in the holdin' pen
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Our eyes met and she looked away
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She had a young child cryin' in her arms
And I asked, "Senora,
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is there anything I can do"
Verse 6
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There's a bar in Tijuana
drink alongside
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We met there she said
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We danced and I held her in my arms
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And I knew what I would do
If she, her child and her young
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Verse 7
At night they come across
the levy
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In the searchlights dusty glow
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We'd rush 'em in our Broncos
And force 'em back down
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She leaned towards me and we kissed
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Verse 8
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We were just about on the highway
When Bobby's jeep come
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up in the dust on my right
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And stepped out into his lights
I felt myself movin'
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Felt my gun restin'
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We stood there starin' at each other
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As off through the arroyo she ran
Verse 9
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Six months later I left the line
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I drifted to the central valley
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bars
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With the black hair fallin'
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Em Am
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