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The Seashores Of Old Mexico chords by George Strait (Official Version)

  • D

  • D/C#

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • D/A

    2
  • Em7

  • A7

  • Am7

  • D7

  • G

  • G/F#

  • G/D

  • Bb7

  • Eb

    6
  • Eb/D

    3
  • Cm7

    3
  • Eb/Bb

    6
  • Fm7

  • Bbm7

  • Eb7

  • Ab

    4
  • Cm/G

    3
  • Fm

  • Ab/Eb

    4
  • B7

  • E

  • G#/D#

    4
  • C#m

    4
  • E/B

  • F#m7

    2
  • B/D#

    4
  • Bm7

    2
  • E7

  • A

  • C#m/G#

    4
  • F#m

    2
  • A/E

  • E/D#

Intro 1
D
D/C#
Bm
D/A
D
D/C#
Bm
D/A
Verse 1
D
D/C#
I left, out of Tucson,
Bm
D/A
Em7
with no destination in mind
A7
Em7
A7
Em7
A7
I was runnin' from trouble
Em7
and the jail-term
A7
D
D/C#
Bm
D/A
the Judge had in mind
Am7
D7
And the border meant freedom,
Am7
D7
a new life, romance
Am7
D7
G
And that's why I thought I should go
G/F#
Em7
G/D
Em7
A7
And start my life over on
Em7
A7
D
the seashores of old Mexico
D/C#
Bm
D/A

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Verse 2
D
D/C#
My first night in Juarez,
Bm
D/A
Em7
A7
Em7
A7
lost all the money I had
Em7
A7
One bad señorita
Em7
A7
D
made use of one innocent lad
D/C#
Bm
D/A
Am7
D7
But I must keep on runnin';
Am7
D7
it's too late to turn back:
Am7
D7
G
I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told
G/F#
Em7
G/D
Em7
A7
Yeah, an' things'll blow over on
Em7
A7
D
the seashores of old Mexico
D/C#
Bm
D/A
Verse 3
D
D/C#
Two Mexican farmers
Bm
D/A
Em7
en route to a town I can't say
A7
Em7
A7
Em7
A7
Em7
Let me ride on the back of a flatbed
A7
D
D/C#
Bm
D/A
halfloaded with hay
Am7
D7
Am7
D7
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera,
Am7
D7
G
then in the Manzanillo
G/F#
Em7
G/D
Em7
A7
Where I slept in the sunshine on
Em7
A7
D
Bb7
the seashores of old Mexico
Verse 4
Eb
Eb/D
After one long siesta,
Cm7
Eb/Bb
Fm7
I came wide awake in the night
Bb7
Fm7
Bb7
Fm7
Bb7
I was startled by someone
Fm7
Bb7
Eb
who shadowed the pale moonlight
Eb/D
Cm7
Eb/Bb
Bbm7
Eb7
My new-found companion,
Bbm7
Eb7
one young señorita
Bbm7
Eb7
Ab
Who offered a broken hello
Cm/G
Fm
Ab/Eb
Fm7
Bb7
To the gringo she found on
Fm7
Bb7
Eb
B7
the seashores of old Mexico
Verse 5
E
G#/D#
She spoke of Sonora
C#m
E/B
F#m7
and swore that she'd never return
B7
F#m7
B7
F#m7
B7
For her Mexican husband,
F#m7
B7
E
she really had no great concern
B/D#
C#m
E/B
Bm7
E7
Cause she loved the gringo,
Bm7
E7
my red hair and lingo
Bm7
E7
A
That's all I needed to know
C#m/G#
F#m
A/E
F#m7
B7
Yeah, I found what I needed on
F#m7
B7
E
the seashores of old Mexico
E/D#
C#m
E/B
Bm7
E7
Yeah, she loved the gringo,
Bm7
E7
my red hair and lingo
Bm7
E7
A
That's all I needed to know
C#m/G#
F#m
A/E
F#m7
B7
Yeah, I found what I needed on
F#m7
B7
the seashores of old Mexico
Outro 1
E
E/D#
C#m
E/B
F#m7
B7
F#m7
B7
E
E/D#
C#m
E/B
F#m7
B7
F#m7
B7
[Repeat and fade]
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