Vaquero chords by
Aaron Watson
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Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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This old Mexican cow
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boy at the bar looked a hundred years old
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He had a mil lion dollar smile and his weathered brown
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skin shimmered like California gold
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He said I'm a little short on cash,
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but I'm long on life
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For a shot of tequila,
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I'll give you some dang good advice
Verse 2
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He said don't leave your beer
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in the hot Texas sun
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Don't argue with a woman while
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she's holdin' a gun
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Never cheat when it comes
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to love or dominoes
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Vaya con dios said the old
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Vaquero
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Verse 3
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Well my heart sank the more he drank,
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the more he poured out his misery
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How he lost her after forty- seven years and his tears
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started flow ing like the Rio Grande
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He started speakin' in Spanish,
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then he kissed is rosary
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Said "por siempre mi amor" his
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one more to her memory
Verse 4
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He said don't live your life
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like a sad country song
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A fool on a stool is still a fool
right or wrong
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[?] San Benito breaking
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hearts as he goes
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Vaya con dios said the old Vaquero
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I walked
Verse 5
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over to the corner,
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turned the old jukebox on
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When I turned back around,
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like a ghost he was gone
Verse 6
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So I paid his tab, called a cab, called it a night,
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and came straight home to you
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As we laid there in bed,
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I told you all the things he said
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we laughed, we cried,
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and I held you the whole night through
Verse 7
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You know I think of him often,
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out there all alone
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Maybe he was an angel,
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or just an old man from San Antone
Verse 8
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He said don't leave your beer
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in the hot Texas sun
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Ab
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Don't argue with a woman while
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she's holdin' a gun
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Gb

Ab
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Never cheat when it comes
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Ab
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Gb
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to love or dom in oes
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Ab
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Vaya con dios
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He said don't live your life
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like a sad country song
Gb
Gb

Ab
Ab

Bbm
Bbm

A fool on a stool is still a fool
right or wrong
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Gb

Ab
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[?] San Benito breaking
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Ab
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Gb
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hearts as he goes
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Vaya con dios
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He said vaya con dios
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Verse 9
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This old Mexican cow boy at the bar looked
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a hundred years old
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He had a mil lion dollar smile and his weathered
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brown skin shimmered like California gold

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