Border Blues
- Bill Staines
Key: D D ·
Orig: D ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Intro
D G D G D A D 4x
Verse
D A D
Well, it was Saturday night and I was feeling all right, Drinking
G D
tequila amaretto on down.
G D Em7 A
Me and Miguel on a fast train to Hell from a southwestern border town.
D A D G D
Well, I fell in love with a Mexican dove as the band played a melody,
D G D A
And with a smile on her face she took me back to this place and “That’s
D
all she wrote for me.”
Chorus
G D A D G D
Singing, Oh, Maria what’d you do to me with your long obsidion hair?
G D Em7
You had a hand on my heart and one in my pocket now I know you never
A
really cared.
G D A D G D
And El Diablo’s always looking for another blind fool and he’s always
Em7 A
close at hand.
G D A
He drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi
D
band.
G D A
He drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi
D
band.
Interlude
D G D G D A D 2x
Verse
D A D
There was a warm southern breeze in the air that night, there were
G D
dancers looking light and gay,
G D Em7
There was music in the bars, and eight hundred cars, driving up and down
A
along the way.
D A D G
There were pretty city lights shining down on the sights and a bridge
D
across the Rio Grande
D G D A
There was me on the street with my heart at my feet and my pockets full
D
of desert sand.
Chorus
G D A D G D
Singing, Oh, Maria what’d you do to me with your long obsidion hair?
G D Em7
You had a hand on my heart and one in my pocket now I know you never
A
really cared.
G D A D G D
And El Diablo’s always looking for another blind fool and he’s always
Em7 A
close at hand.
G D A
He drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi
D
band.
G D A
He drives a taxi in the day and night he plays trumpet in a mariachi
D
band.
Outro
D G D G D A D 2x











