Chords for Christian Nesmith - Mexican Blackbird (ZZ Top)
Tempo:
97.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
A
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Start Jamming...
[Bbm] [Gm] If you're down in a [Am] cone, you're heading way [Bb] up to being [G] alone.
[Am] [Cm] Don't spend all your money on just [Bb] any honey [G] that's grown.
Go [D] find a Mexican blackbird [C] and send [Bb] all your trouble [G] back home.
[E] [F] [Gb] [G] They all call her [Am] pocah, but no one [Bb] really [A] knows [G] her name.
[Am] She works a cantina, dancing [Bb] in a lavender [G] tree.
[A] [D] Her mama was [Am] Mexican and her daddy was [Bb] a A-list [G] slave.
She was called the Mexican [A] [C] blackbird.
[B] [C]
[Em] [F]
[B] [C]
[Gb] [G]
[Gb] [F] [Bb] [Cm]
One [Am] [E] more [A] [C] time,
[E] [F]
[A] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Gb] [G]
[A] [D] [G] [Gm]
[E] [F] [A] she's hot as a pepper, [C] but [Eb] smooth [Bbm] as a [A] Mexican [G] brew.
[Am] So head for the border and put in an [Bb] [A] order [G] to
[A] [D] the Mexican [Am] blackbird.
Her friends, [Bb] her wings, her [G] gills.
Ah, [A] one [Bb] more [A] [C] time,
[B] [C] [B] [C]
[Em] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[Am] [G] we say, ah-ha.
[A] [D] [Bb] [B] [G] [Gm]
[Am] [Cm] Don't spend all your money on just [Bb] any honey [G] that's grown.
Go [D] find a Mexican blackbird [C] and send [Bb] all your trouble [G] back home.
[E] [F] [Gb] [G] They all call her [Am] pocah, but no one [Bb] really [A] knows [G] her name.
[Am] She works a cantina, dancing [Bb] in a lavender [G] tree.
[A] [D] Her mama was [Am] Mexican and her daddy was [Bb] a A-list [G] slave.
She was called the Mexican [A] [C] blackbird.
[B] [C]
[Em] [F]
[B] [C]
[Gb] [G]
[Gb] [F] [Bb] [Cm]
One [Am] [E] more [A] [C] time,
[E] [F]
[A] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm] [Gb] [G]
[A] [D] [G] [Gm]
[E] [F] [A] she's hot as a pepper, [C] but [Eb] smooth [Bbm] as a [A] Mexican [G] brew.
[Am] So head for the border and put in an [Bb] [A] order [G] to
[A] [D] the Mexican [Am] blackbird.
Her friends, [Bb] her wings, her [G] gills.
Ah, [A] one [Bb] more [A] [C] time,
[B] [C] [B] [C]
[Em] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[Am] [G] we say, ah-ha.
[A] [D] [Bb] [B] [G] [Gm]
Key:
G
Bb
A
C
Am
G
Bb
A
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] If you're down in a [Am] cone, you're heading way [Bb] up to being [G] alone. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] [Cm] Don't spend all your money on just [Bb] any honey [G] that's grown. _
_ _ _ Go [D] find a Mexican blackbird [C] and send [Bb] all your trouble [G] back home. _
_ _ [E] _ [F] _ [Gb] [G] They all call her [Am] pocah, but no one [Bb] really [A] knows [G] her name. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] She works a cantina, dancing [Bb] in a lavender [G] tree. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] [D] Her mama was [Am] Mexican and her daddy was [Bb] a A-list [G] slave.
She was called the Mexican [A] _ _ _ [C] _ blackbird.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
One [Am] [E] more [A] [C] time, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ [A] she's hot as a pepper, [C] but [Eb] smooth [Bbm] as a [A] Mexican [G] brew. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] So head for the border and put in an [Bb] [A] order [G] to _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] [D] the Mexican [Am] blackbird.
Her friends, [Bb] her wings, her [G] gills. _
Ah, [A] one [Bb] more [A] [C] time, _ _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ we say, ah-ha.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] [Cm] Don't spend all your money on just [Bb] any honey [G] that's grown. _
_ _ _ Go [D] find a Mexican blackbird [C] and send [Bb] all your trouble [G] back home. _
_ _ [E] _ [F] _ [Gb] [G] They all call her [Am] pocah, but no one [Bb] really [A] knows [G] her name. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] She works a cantina, dancing [Bb] in a lavender [G] tree. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] [D] Her mama was [Am] Mexican and her daddy was [Bb] a A-list [G] slave.
She was called the Mexican [A] _ _ _ [C] _ blackbird.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
One [Am] [E] more [A] [C] time, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ [A] she's hot as a pepper, [C] but [Eb] smooth [Bbm] as a [A] Mexican [G] brew. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] So head for the border and put in an [Bb] [A] order [G] to _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] [D] the Mexican [Am] blackbird.
Her friends, [Bb] her wings, her [G] gills. _
Ah, [A] one [Bb] more [A] [C] time, _ _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ we say, ah-ha.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _