Chords for Abby Anderson - Heart On Fire In Mexico
Tempo:
92.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
She was a dark-haired Juarez beauty flirting [C] with a GI Joe, a beauty [G] working in for tips
at a bar in [A] Mexico.
[Am]
One cigarette smoke break by the back door, turned into a pack on the hood of his [G] Ford
where he is now.
The devil [Am] knows.
[F] A late night, 2 a.m. mistake, [C] sometimes one time is all it takes.
[G] This won't be long now before she starts [E] to show.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[C] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [Am] Mexico.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
Turns out all the big dreams she had didn't [C] look like feet and miles on food [G] stamps.
So one night [D] she up and drove [Am] away.
And that baby girl she left surviving one [C] day got real tired of crying.
[G] Grew up mad as hell.
[E] Counting down the [F] days.
Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent and [Am] tone.
[C] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
Oh, [F] oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[C] In [F] Mexico.
Oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, [C] oh.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
[Am] No one to care, nowhere to go.
[C] But in and out of foster [G] homes she had a dream that burned and [Am] she made it out.
Rolled into those Texas [C] hills.
Had herself a dark eyed girl, swore [G] off the tears she cried.
[E] Was a pain she'll never know.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[G] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[G] In [F] Mexico.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
[G] [Am]
She was a dark-haired Juarez beauty flirting [C] with a GI Joe, a beauty [G] working in for tips
at a bar in [A] Mexico.
[Am]
One cigarette smoke break by the back door, turned into a pack on the hood of his [G] Ford
where he is now.
The devil [Am] knows.
[F] A late night, 2 a.m. mistake, [C] sometimes one time is all it takes.
[G] This won't be long now before she starts [E] to show.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[C] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [Am] Mexico.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
Turns out all the big dreams she had didn't [C] look like feet and miles on food [G] stamps.
So one night [D] she up and drove [Am] away.
And that baby girl she left surviving one [C] day got real tired of crying.
[G] Grew up mad as hell.
[E] Counting down the [F] days.
Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent and [Am] tone.
[C] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
Oh, [F] oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[C] In [F] Mexico.
Oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, [C] oh.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
[Am] No one to care, nowhere to go.
[C] But in and out of foster [G] homes she had a dream that burned and [Am] she made it out.
Rolled into those Texas [C] hills.
Had herself a dark eyed girl, swore [G] off the tears she cried.
[E] Was a pain she'll never know.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
[G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[G] [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[G] In [F] Mexico.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
Key:
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ She was a dark-haired Juarez beauty flirting [C] with a GI Joe, a beauty [G] working in for tips
at a bar in [A] Mexico.
[Am] _
_ One cigarette smoke break by the back door, turned into a pack on the hood of his [G] Ford
where he is now.
The devil [Am] knows.
_ [F] A late night, 2 a.m. mistake, [C] sometimes one time is all it takes.
[G] This won't be long now before she starts [E] to show. _
_ _ [F] Can you smell the [C] smoke? _
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[C] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [Am] Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
Mmm, [G] mmm, _ mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
_ Turns out all the big dreams she had didn't [C] look like feet and miles on food [G] stamps.
So one night [D] she up and drove [Am] away. _
And that baby girl she left surviving one [C] day got real tired of crying.
[G] Grew up mad as hell.
_ [E] Counting down the _ [F] days.
Can you smell the [C] smoke?
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent and [Am] tone.
[C] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
Oh, [F] oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[C] In [F] Mexico.
_ Oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, [C] oh.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm. _
_ [Am] No one to care, nowhere to go.
[C] But in and out of foster [G] homes she had a dream that burned and [Am] she made it out.
_ _ _ Rolled into those Texas [C] hills.
Had herself a dark eyed girl, swore [G] off the tears she cried.
[E] Was a pain she'll never know.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[G] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico. _ _
[C] Mmm, _ _ [G] mmm, _ mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[G] In [F] Mexico. _ _
[C] Mmm, _ _ [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ She was a dark-haired Juarez beauty flirting [C] with a GI Joe, a beauty [G] working in for tips
at a bar in [A] Mexico.
[Am] _
_ One cigarette smoke break by the back door, turned into a pack on the hood of his [G] Ford
where he is now.
The devil [Am] knows.
_ [F] A late night, 2 a.m. mistake, [C] sometimes one time is all it takes.
[G] This won't be long now before she starts [E] to show. _
_ _ [F] Can you smell the [C] smoke? _
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[C] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [Am] Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
Mmm, [G] mmm, _ mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
_ Turns out all the big dreams she had didn't [C] look like feet and miles on food [G] stamps.
So one night [D] she up and drove [Am] away. _
And that baby girl she left surviving one [C] day got real tired of crying.
[G] Grew up mad as hell.
_ [E] Counting down the _ [F] days.
Can you smell the [C] smoke?
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent and [Am] tone.
[C] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico.
Oh, [F] oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh.
[C] Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[C] In [F] Mexico.
_ Oh, [Am] oh, oh, oh, [C] oh.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm. _
_ [Am] No one to care, nowhere to go.
[C] But in and out of foster [G] homes she had a dream that burned and [Am] she made it out.
_ _ _ Rolled into those Texas [C] hills.
Had herself a dark eyed girl, swore [G] off the tears she cried.
[E] Was a pain she'll never know.
[F] Can you smell the [C] smoke?
_ [G] Drifting in the desert winter, scent [Am] and tone.
[G] _ [F] A wild guide, scented reed, [C] becomes a desperate mamacita.
[G] You had to go.
[E] Leave her heart on fire in [F] Mexico. _ _
[C] Mmm, _ _ [G] mmm, _ mmm, [Am] mmm, mmm.
[G] In [F] Mexico. _ _
[C] Mmm, _ _ [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [E] mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. _ _ _