Band: Little Feat Song: Gringo Album: Hoy-Hoy! Intro: C F Dm Bb C Dm C/E C Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 C Cmaj7 Southern California bound Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 Ebmaj7 Take a stop and look around F/Eb Bb/Eb Bb/D C/D Fmaj9 (come and lay your money down) Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Ain't no banana republic, gringo Cmaj7 There's oil deep beneath the ground Fmaj9 Gm7 Two or three weeks in Mexico Ab Bb Fmaj7 And you think you've seen it all Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 C Cmaj7 Stars and stripes out in the cold Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 Ebmaj7 Here's a hand you can take hold of F/Eb Bb/Eb Bb/D C/D Fmaj9 (even though we're bought and sold) Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Drink Coca-Cola says the sign there Cmaj7 America has made its mark C# C7sus4 C7 (they said blood is thicker than water) Fm9 Gm7 Ab Something tells me we really oughta Bb F Fmaj7 Come out of the dark Instrumental Break: C/E F Gm7 Fmaj7 Bb Bb/D C C F Bb C Night long saxophone in the barrio Dm C (the chicas will warm you) F Gm7 Am They can be persuasive gringo Bb C With stars in their eyes Gsus4 F/G C/G G7sus4 Spend a week in Acapulco F/G C/G G7sus4 F/G C/G G7sus4 No Esperanto needed there F/G C/G Am Bb F Lovers are like broken glass Bb Dm C/E C They're everywhere Dm C (the chicas will warm you) F Gm7 Am They can be persuasive gringo Bb C With stars in their eyes Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 C Cmaj7 Think of this before you leave Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Gringo Fmaj7 Ebmaj7 The truth is easy to deceive F/Eb Bb/Eb Bb/D C/D Fmaj9 (if truth you're ready to receive) Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 Between the open road are your memories Cmaj7 Tender hearted though they may be C# C7sus4 C7 (they say blood is thicker than water) C# Fm7 Bb (they say all suffering comes to an end) C# C7sus4 (the common saying for friend is "amigo") C7 F6 Gringo Fm9 Gm7 Ab Red Cadillac at sunset slowing down Bb Bb/F F C/E F Gm7 Fmaj7 Bb Bb/D For another look at that border town Outro: C F Dm Bb