New Life In Old Mexico.tab#--------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# New Life In Old Mexico Robert Earl Keen Album: Walking Distance Tabbed By: Joe Parr joe.parr@cgey.om Intro: A - - - | E - - - | D - - - | D - - - e--------------------------------------------------------| b--------------------------------------------------------| g--------------------------------------------------------| D--11----9--7---9------6-7-9--7--------------------------| A--------------------------------5-5---------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------| D - - - | E - - - | A - - - | A - - - e--------------------------------------------------------| b--------------------------------------------------------| g--------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| A--5-------4-5--7---------4-5-------4/5\4----------------| E----------------------7------5--------------------------| A - - - | A - - - | E - - - | D - - - e--------------------------------------------------------| b--------------------------------------------------------| g--------------------------------------------------------| D----7-9-11-11-11-12-11---9-7-9-------6-7-9--7------4----| A--7--------------------------------7------------5-------| E--------------------------------------------------------| D - - - | E - - - | A - - - | A - - - e--------------------------------------------------------| b--------------------------------------------------------| g--6/7--6--4---------------------------------------------| D------------7-4/6-4-------------------------------------| A---------------------7---4--------0-0--0------0-0--0----| E---------------------------7-3/5---5--5---3/5--5--5-----| Verse 1: A - - - | A - - - | F#m - - - | F#m - - - | I crossed the mississippi, turned | South at San Antone E - - - | E - - - | D - - - | A - - - | A bowie knife, a wooly coat, a | grip bag on my arm. A - - - | A - - - | F#m - - - | F#m - - - | It's all somebody needs | To make it through the land E - - - | E - - - | D - - - | A - - - | Walk by night, travel light | Cross the Rio Grande Chorus 1: F#m - - - | D - - - | Someone strums a mandoline A - - - | E - - - | Soft gulf breezes blow A - - - | D - - - | My new life is waiting E - - - | A - - - | In old Mexico Verse 2: (Lyrics) I was once a married man livin' peacefully Hard to say exactly when the devil blinded me There was some confussion with my sweet wife of this world Darker times and drunken crimes a dead young working girl Chorus 2: (Lyrics) I left a jailer there in Caroline Watching me from down below My new life is waiting In old Mexico Bridge: F#m - - - | D - - - | F#m - - - | D - - - | Livin in the shadows Runnin from my pain G? - - - | A - - - | D - - - | E - - - | Goin where the wind blows and no one knows my name Verse 3: (Lyrics) In a vaquero bar in the town of Eagle Pass Moments from my freedom, warm wiskey in my glass Some boracho took for the man who stole his wife He went for his forty four as I reached for my knife Chorus 3: (Lyrics) He never fired a second shot He was just too slow My new life is waiting In old Mexico Main Solo: e-------------------------------------------------------------| b-------------------------------------------------------------| g-------------------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------------------| e-------------------------------------------------------------| b-------------------------------------------------------------| g-------------------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------------------| e-------------------------------------------------------------| b-------------------------------------------------------------| g-------------------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 4: (Lyrics) I hid in the mountains south of Mazulblan Where cool spring mountain waters meet the warm pacific sun I pray all the miles I've traveled and all the sins I've bared Burn away like morning fog and vanish in the air Chorus 4: (Lyrics) Miles beyond the border now But many miles to go My new life is waiting In old Mexico My new life is waiting In old Mexico