Mexican Cowboy Chords by Willie Watson

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[Em] When _ _ _ as an old foot worth in _ [G] 1883, _ _ some old Mexican [Em] cowboy _ _ comes [C] _ _ stepping up [G] to me, _ _ _ saying
hi [Em] young fella and _ _ [C] would you [G] like to go _ _ _ _ and [Em] to spend _ _ [C] _ another season with me in [G] Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
I had [Em] _ _ [C] _ no employment back to him [G] to say, _ _ it's according to [Em] your wages, _ _ _
_ [C] according to [G] your
pay. _
_ Said I'll pay you [E] good wages _
_ [C] and often to [G] you know, _ _ _ _ if [Em] you spend _ [C] _ another season with
me in [G] Mexico.
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_ _ _ _ [Em] I had _ to [C] _ this cowboy I'll put him [G] my hand, _ _ I gave him [E] a string of horses
_ _ [C] so [G] they couldn't stand.
_ _ And I nearly [Em] starved to death boys, [C] _ I mean to let you [G] know.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And I never _ [C] _ saved a dollar in those hills [G] of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] On that steamboat and back [G] to home did go.
Ballast _ _ _ [Em] aid and green, _ _
[C] those [G] whistles did blow. _ _
_ Highland ballast [Em] aid and green, _ _
[C] those whistles did [G] blow. _ _
_ _ [Em] On that _ god [C] _
forsaken fortune, hit those hills of [G] Mexico. _ _
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