The Seashores Of Old Mexico chords by Freddy Weller

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I  left  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) out of Tucson
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with no destination in  (E minor) mind  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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I was  (E minor) running from trouble
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and the  (A minor) jail turned the judge  (A major) head in  (D major) mine
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And the barter  (A minor) meant freedom,
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a  (D major) new life, romance
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That's why I thought I should  (G major) go
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And start  (E minor) my life over
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on the  (A major) seashores of old Mexico  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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My  (A major) first  (D major) night in Juarez
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I lost all the money I  (E minor) had  (A major) 
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One bad  (E minor) senorita made use  (A major) 
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of one innocent lad (D major) der
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But I must  (A minor) keep on running,
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it's  (D major) too late to turn back
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I'm wanted in Tucson, I  (G major) know
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And  (E minor) things will blow over
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on the  (A major) seashores of old Mexico  (D major) 
Two Mexican farmers
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en route to a town I can't  (E minor) say  (A major) 
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Led me right  (E minor) on  the back
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of a flatbed  (A minor) half  (A major) -loaded with hay  (D major) 
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Down through  (A minor) Durango,
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 (D major) Colina, Palmyra,
and then into Manzanillo
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 (G major) Where I slept  (E minor) in the sunshine
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on the  (A major) seashores of old Mexico  (D major)  (B flat major) 
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After one  (E flat major) long siesta
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I came wide awake in the night  (B flat major)  (F minor)  (B flat major) 
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I was startled  (F minor) by someone
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who  (B flat major) shadowed the pale moonlight  (E flat major) 
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My new found  (B flat minor) companion,
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 (E flat major) one young senorita
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Who offered a broken hello  (A flat major) 
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To the gringo  (F minor) she found
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on the sea (B flat minor) shores  (B flat major) of  old Mexico  (E flat major)  (B major) 
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She  (E major) spoke of Sonora
and swore that she'd never
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return  (F sharp minor)  (B major) 
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Her Mex (F sharp minor) ican  husband,
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she really  (B major) had no great con (E major) cern
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But she loved  (B minor) the gringo,
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my long  (E major) hair and lingo
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That's all I needed to  (A major) know
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And I found  (F sharp minor) what I needed
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on the seashores  (B major) of old Mexico  (E major) 
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Yeah,  (C sharp minor) I found  (F sharp minor) what I needed
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on the  (B major) seashores of old Mexico