Chords for Gustavo

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_ [F] _ I wrote a check and I bought [Gm] an old one I got a TV and a worn [Am] out couch
I hired a guy named [Bb] Gustavo Anastasi To fix it up from the [F] foundation
Oh God, those motherfuckers drove [Gm] me nuts They're electrical songs and [Am] mariachi music
But they really stepped it up, [Bb] man And they put their backs into it
[F] _ But they lived pretty [Gm] far away They wanted to stay for a couple [Am] of months
Till the work got done and I [Bb] said sure Made them a key and got [F] them a mic
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_ [F] Gustavo was an illegal [Gm] immigrant He took the money I gave him and he went [Am] and spent it
On strippers and [Bb] casinos And hey, once in a while with them [F] I'd go
It gets boring out in the [Gm] mountains, you know Chopping wood, falling asleep [Dm] to the TV's
Making ground [C] beat tacos On the top of a [Am] five-belly stove
Eating noodles from a [C] styrofoam cup Waiting for a ride, a mirror [Dm] shows up
Walking in the town, browsing [C] the windows And rifles looking [Am] at ammo
The night when [C] everything's closed In my wet boots and my winter clothes
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ One night they were heading [Gm] for Tahoe They asked me along but I [Am] said fuck
Cause I was tired and my money [Bb] was tight And they just laughed and said [F] alright
And on the way back they [Gm] got stopped By a redneck sunny side highway [Am] cop
Gustavo was drunk and had an [Bb] ounce of pot And spent the night on a [F] jailhouse cop
They deported him back [Gm] to Mexico He called me collect from a [Dm] Tijuana payphone
Asking man could you wire [C] me money 2,500 for a board of [Am] coyote
He needed work and he missed [C] his family But I hung up and I said [Dm] I'm sorry
But _ [C] I hung up and I felt [Am] uneasy I _ [C] _ hung up and my heart [Dm] was heavy
I hung up and my back [C] was aching Picking up the work they left [Am] in front of me
The demo walls and the pull [C]-up floors The busted up cabinets and the broken [Dm] drawers
My kitchen sink was laying in the [C] backyard And I looked down and my hands [Am] were trembling _ _
_ [C] And I looked up and my roof was leaking And _ [F] I was still asleep on my beat up [Gm] old couch
In the living room of my unfinished [Eb] house I got a licensed contractor
[Bb] And my buddy quit cause his wife was dying [F] of cancer
But what the hell I'm just here trying to [Gm] find answers
To find peace of mind to get a piece of [Eb] the rock
A place to put my mental [Bb] clock And my old guitars and gently [F] rock
Back and forth in my front [Gm] porch chair Without a worry without a [Eb] care
I'm doing alright but I'm still [Bb] not there My _
_ [F] house ain't done but it's [Gm] alright
The floors ain't level but I ain't [Eb] some suburban
Who cares about [Bb] bathroom towels, straight lines, building codes, Chinese [F] wind chimes
My house ain't done but [Gm] it's fine I've come out here from time [Eb] to time
In December for [Bb] the snow And then in July to watch [Dm] the rose
My gardener ass had a scene [C] to start with And I just laughed and I [Am] said fuck
Not since that night [C] he left He said come back better [Dm] for Tahoe
My girlfriend asked had I heard [C] from that guy from Mexico
Said you mean [Am] Gustavo And I just laughed and I [C] said
Not since he called from the Tijuana [Dm] payphone
_ Really [C] I don't give much thought to [Am] Gustavo
_ _ _ [Bb] I love to go out to [F] the mountains though _ _ [Gm] And in the fall feel [Am] the breeze blow
_ _ [Bb] And in the winter watch [F] the falling snow _ _ [Gm] And in the spring love [Am] the rainbow
And [Bb] in the summer smell [F] the roses White and red and yellow
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