Mexican Home Chords by John Prine

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Well it got so hot last night I [C] swam, you couldn't hardly breathe.
[G] Heat of lightning [D] burned the sky [G] like alcohol.
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I sat on the porch without my [C] shoes and I watched the cars roll by
[G] as the headlights [D] raced to the corner of the kitchen [G] wall. _ _
[D] Mama dear, your boy is [G] here, far across the sea.
[A] Waiting for that secret [D] code to find a good sign of me.
And I [G] feel a storm all around, one [C] night, ten miles away.
[G] A bruise in [D] my neck and [G] I'm home. _ _
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Oh my God, I cried, it's so hot inside, [C] you could die in a rain room.
[G] Take the fan from the window, [D] probably go back with [G] a broom. _
Well the cuckoo clock is out of shock [C] and the windows feel no pain.
[G] The air is as still [D] as a throttle on a funeral [G] train. _ _
[Em] _ [D] Mama dear, your boy is here, [G] far across the sea.
[A] Waiting for that secret code [D] to find a good sign of me.
And [G] I feel a storm all [A] around, [C] one night, ten miles [D] away.
[G] A bruise in [D] my neck [G] and I'm home. _
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Well my father died on a porch outside [C] on an August afternoon.
I [G] slept slurping and [D] cried with a friend by the light [G] of the moon. _
So it's hurry, hurry, step right up, [C] it's a matter of life or death.
[D] [G] Well the sun's going [D] down and the moon's just holding [G] its breath. _ _
_ [D] Mama dear, your boy is here, [G] far across the sea.
[A] Waiting for that secret code [D] to find a good sign of me.
And [G] I feel a storm all around, [C] one night, ten miles [G] away.
A bruise in [D] my neck and [G] I'm [Bm] home.
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Oh a bruise in [D] my neck and [G] I'm [Bm] home.
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Oh a bruise in [D] my neck and [G] I'm home. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Home. _
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