New Mexico Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]T'was in the town of Griffin,
[D]the year was [G]Eighty three
It was [C]there an old cow puncher,
stepped [G]up and said to me
How [C]do you do young fellow and
[G]how would you like to go
And spend a pleasant summer,
out [D]in New Mexico
[G]

[Verse 2]
I'll furnish you good wages,
your [D]transportation [G]too
If [C]you will but go with me,
one [G]summer season through
But [C]if you should get homesick
and [G]back to Griffin go
Then I'll furnish you no horses
from the [D]hills of Mexico
[G]

[Verse 3]
We left the town of Griffin in
the [D]merry month [G]of May
When [C]all the world was lovely
and [G]everything was gay
With [C]saddles on our horses,
marching [G]over we did go
Until we reached the logging
out [D]in New Mexico
[G]

[Verse 4]
It was there our pleasures ended
and our [D]troubles they [G]began
The [C]first hail storm fell on us,
those [G]cattle how they ran
Through [C]all the thorns and thistles,
us [G]cowboys had to go
While the Indians watched upon us,
out [D]in New Mexico
[G]

[Verse 5]
Well, when the drive was over,
the [D]riders would not [G]pay
To [C]all you happy people,
this [G]much I have to say
Go [C]back to your friends and loved ones,
tell [G]others not to go
To the God forsaken country,
they [D]call New [G]Mexico