Vaquero chords by Aaron Watson

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Em
Asus4
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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
This old  (D major) Mexican cow
A 
Bm 
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D 
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Bm 
 (A major) boy at the  (B minor) bar looked a  (A major) hundred years  (D major) old  (A major)  (B minor) 
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F#m 
He had a  (D major) million dollar smile  (F sharp minor) and   his weathered brown
Bm 
A 
D 
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F#m 
Bm 
 (B minor) skin shimmered like  (A major) Cali (D major) fornia gold  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
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Em 
 (A major) He said I'm a  (E minor) little short on cash,
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but  (A major) I'm long on life
Em 
For a  (E minor) shot of tequila,
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G 
A 
I'll give you some  (A major) dang good advice  (G major)  (A major) 

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Verse 2
G 
A 
He said  (G major) don't leave your  (A major) beer
D 
in the  (D major) hot Texas sun
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A 
Don't  (G major) argue with a  (A major) woman while
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she's  (B minor) holdin' a gun
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A 
Never  (G major) cheat when it  (A major) comes
D 
to love  (D major) or dominoes
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Em 
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 (G major)  (E minor) Vaya con dios said the  (A major) old
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Vaquer (D major) o
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) 
Asus4 
D 
A 
 (Asus4) Well my  heart  (D major) sank the more  (A major) he drank,
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Bm 
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D 
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Bm 
the  (B minor) more he poured out  (A major) his  (B minor) misery  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor) 
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Bm 
How he  (D major) lost her after  (F sharp minor) forty- seven years  (B minor) and his tears
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Bm 
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F#m 
Bm 
star (A major) ted  (B minor) flowing  (A major) like  (D major) the Rio Grande  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
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Em 
 (A major) He started  (E minor) speakin' in Spanish,
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then he  (A major) kissed is rosary
Em 
Said "por siempre  (E minor) mi amor" his
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Asus4 
A 
one  (A major) more to her memory  (Asus4)  (A major) 

Verse 4
G 
A 
He said  (G major) don't live your  (A major) life
D 
like a sad  (D major) country song
G 
A 
Bm 
A  (G major) fool on a stool  (A major) is still a fool  (B minor) 
right or wrong
G 
A 
 (G major) [?] San Ben (A major) ito breaking
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G 
 (D major) hearts as he goes  (G major) 
Em 
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D 
 (E minor) Vaya con dios said the  (A major) old Vaquer (D major) o
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 (A major) I walked

Verse 5

over to the corner,

turned the old jukebox on

When I turned back around,

like a ghost he was gone

Verse 6
D 
F#m 
A 
Bm 
So  (D major) I  paid his tab,  (F sharp minor) called a  (A major) cab,  (B minor) called it a night,
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F#m 
Bm 
and came straight  (D major) home to you  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
D 
As we  (D major) laid there in bed,
A 
Bm 
I told  (A major) you all the thing (B minor) s he said
A 
Bm 
we laughed,  (A major) we  (B minor) cried,
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D 
F#m 
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Bm 
A 
 (A major) and  (D major) I held you the whole night  (F sharp minor) through  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major) 

Verse 7

You know I think of him often,

out there all alone

Maybe he was an angel,

or just an old man from San Antone

Verse 8
G 
A 
He said  (G major) don't leave your  (A major) beer
D 
in the hot  (D major) Texas sun
G 
A 
Don't  (G major) argue with a  (A major) woman while
Bm 
she's  (B minor) holdin' a gun
G 
A 
Never  (G major) cheat when it comes  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
G 
to love  (D major) or  (A major) dom (D major) in oes  (G major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Vaya con dios  (A major) 
G 
A 
He said  (G major) don't live your  (A major) life
D 
like a sad  (D major) country song
G 
A 
Bm 
A  (G major) fool on a stool  (A major) is still a fool  (B minor) 
right or wrong
G 
A 
 (G major) [?] San Ben (A major) ito breaking
D 
A 
D 
G 
 (D major) hearts  (A major) as  (D major) he goes  (G major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Vaya con dios  (A major) 
Em 
He said  (E minor) vaya con dios
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 9
D 
F#m 
A 
Bm 
This old  (D major) Mexican cow (F sharp minor) boy  (A major) at the  (B minor) bar looked
A 
D 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
Bm 
A 
D 
a  (A major) hundred years  (D major) old  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
F#m 
 (A major) He had a  (D major) million dollar smile  (F sharp minor) and   his weathered
Bm 
A 
brown  (B minor) skin shimmered like  (A major) California gold