RIO GRANDE Dave Alvin - C C Am I guess she put her blue dress on, and walked out late last night C Am Left one silk stocking, dangling from the bedside light Dm F I sobered up and called her name, just before the dawn Dm F I saw her footprints in the sand, and knew that she had gone C Dm F Down the Rio Grande I pulled out of Albuquerque, prayin’ I wasn’t late I got a couple cups of coffee, at some joint off the interstate Passin’ through Las Cruces, I swear I saw her car She always said she’d go someday, but never said how far Down the Rio Grande Chorus Dm G C Am Maybe she’s in Brownsville, she’s got some family there Dm G C Am She was always talkin’ ‘bout, the salty Gulf Coast air Dm F C Dm F Where the river ends, down the Rio Grande I saw an old grey heron, flyin’ south against the wind Storm clouds over Juarez, rollin’ east to the Big Bend I drove down Highway Ninety, through a dusty desert wind I didn’t know where it would lead me, or if I’d find her again Down the Rio Grande I lit my last cigarette, as the sky began to clear Black mountains up ahead, a red sundown in my mirror Lost all the border, ‘tween the future and the past One fading slowly, and the other comin’ fast Down the Rio Grande Repeat Chorus I bought a bottle in Del Rio, and I parked on the side of the road I stayed up all night, starin’ at the lights of Mexico And I walked down to border bridge, at the break of day And I threw that empty bottle off, and I watched it float away Down the Rio Grande Repeat Chorus…Where the river ends Guitargeek1155