New Life in Old Mexico Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][C][D][G]
[D][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
I crossed [G]the Mississippi,
Turned [Em]south at San Antone
[D]A bowie knife, a woolen coat,
A grip [C]bag on my [G]arm
It's all somebody needs to make
[Em]it through the l[D]and
Walk the night, travel light,
[C]cross the Rio [G]Grande
[Em]Someone strums a man[C]dolin,
[G]soft gulf breezes [D]blow
[G]My new life is [C]waiting [D]in old Mexico

[Interlude 1]
[G]

[Verse 2]
I was once [G]a married man
[Em]livin' [D]peacefully
Hard to say exactly when the
[C]devil blinded [G]me
But there was some confusion
when my [Em]sweet
Wife left this [D]world
Darker times, drunken crimes,
A dead [C]young working [G]girl[Em]
Left a jailer there in [C]Caroline,
Watching [G]me from down [D]be low
[G]My new life is [C]waiting [D]in
old Mex[G]ico

[Verse 3]
[Em]
Livin' in [C]the shadows[Em]
Runnin' from my [C]fame
[G]Blowin' where the win[F]d blows
Where [C]no one knows my name
[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]
In the El Vaquero Bar in the
[Em]town of Eagle [D]Pass
Moments from my freedom warm
[C]whiskey in my [G]glass
Some boracho took me for the man
[Em]who stole his wife
[D]He went for his forty-four as as
[C]I reached for my k[G]nife
[Em]He never fired a second
[C]shot he [G]was just too slo[D]w
[G]My new life is [C]waiting [D]in old Mex[G]ico

[Interlude 2]
[Em][C][G][F]
[C][D][Em][C][G][C]
[D][G]

[Verse 5]
I hear of hidden [G]harbors [Em]south
of Mazatlan
[D]Where cool spring mountain waters
Meet the [C]warm Pacific [G]sun
I pray the miles I've traveled
and [Em]all the sins I b[D]ear
Burn away like mornin' fog and
[C]vanish in the [G]air[Em]
Miles beyond the bor[C]der now,
but [G]many miles to [D]go
[G]My new life is [C]waiting[D][G]
[Em]in o[C]ld M[D]exico[G]

[Outro 1]
[G]