Chords for Calexico - "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" Touch and Go Records

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[Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ I live out yonder where [G] the snakes and [E] scorpions run.
_ _ [Am] Got myself a little [G] gold mine to bank on.
_ _ _ [D] But one day my heart [Dm] sank when I [Am] saw out on _ Midtown.
I knew [G] her [F] love would be [Am] death or life. _ _ _
_ _ _ L'amour passé, _ l [G]'amour _ _ [Am]
obsolète, _ _ _ pourquoi perdre sa [E] vie à [G] chercher l'or de coeur? _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Je ne me noie pas [Am] dans ce désert mystique.
_ Je [G] ferme les yeux [F] _
et je [Am] repars. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Do me a favor while [G] I'm hanging _ here.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Take this gold and go [Am] and _ hide. _
_ _ _ _ Un chicotte par chère [G] sur ta corde au [Am] pont.
_ _ Don't [G] worry, I'll [F] be free in [Am] no [E] time. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] She promised me she [G] would be there when I'd [Am]
return.
_ She _ _ didn't say she'd have it on me there as well.
_ [Dm] _ She whispered, _ [Am] and she fired that gun at me.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ I should have stayed way [G] out _ yonder. _
_ Better [C] _ off with the _ [Am] scorpions and _ [E] _ [Am] snakes.
_ The fate of Jean's little heart will [G] be found out in [Am] the end.
_ Yes, [G] I'm _ [F]
lonely, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ cause her _ [G] love [F]
was death [Em] or _ life. _
_ _ _ _ _ Life. _
Oh, _ [Am] _ _ life. _
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