Chords
Intro:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
G C
It got so hot last night, I swear, you couldn't hardly breathe
G Dm G
Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
G
I sat on the porch without my shoes
C
And I watched the cars roll by
G Dm G
As the headlights raced to the corner of the kitchen wall
Chorus:
Dm G
Mama dear you boy is here. Far across the sea
A7 D7
Waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me
G C
And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away
G Dm G
Approaching my Mexican home
Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
G C
My God, I cried. It's so hot inside you could die in the living room
G Dm G
Take the fan from the window-prop the door open with a broom
G
Well, the cuckoo clock has died of shock
C
And the windows feel no pane
G Dm G
The air's as still as a throttle on a funeral train
Repeat Chorus:
Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
G C
My father died on the porch outside on an August afternoon
G Dm G
I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon
G
So it's hurry hurry! Step right up
C
It's a matter of life or death
G Dm G
Well, the sun's going down and the moon is just holding it's breath
Repeat Chorus:
Ending:
G Dm G
Approaching my Mexican home (x2)
Instrumental-Repeat and Fade:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
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Tabs by: derdonkderd
Published: 8 Jul, 2009
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