Chords for Tom Lehrer: In Old Mexico (concert live) (1959)
Tempo:
115.2 bpm
Chords used:
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G
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[Bb] [Bb]
This week is [N] National Gallbladder Week.
So as sort of an educational feature at this point, I thought I would acquaint you with some of the results of my recent researches into the career of the late Dr.
Samuel Gall, inventor of the gallbladder.
Which certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances [G] since the invention of [B] the joy buzzer and the [N] dribble glass.
Dr.
Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year, as you no doubt recall, when for the first time in history in a nationwide poll, the gallbladder was voted among the top ten organs.
His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school where [Ab] he majored in animal husbandry until they caught him at it one day.
Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine, in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the Andes who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition.
He became a specialist specializing in diseases of the rich.
Was therefore able to retire at an early age.
To the land we all dream about, sunny Mexico of course, the last part of which is completely irrelevant, as was the whole thing I guess, except it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song, which is one of those things about that magic and romantic land south of the border.
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] When it's fiesta time in [A] [G] [A] Guadalajara, [E] then I long [Em] to be back once again [A] in old [D] Mexico, where we lived for today, never [B] giving a thought to [Em] tomorrow.
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo.
[D]
The [G] mariachis would serenade, [A] and they would not shut up [D] till they were paid.
[G] We ate, we drank, and we [D] were married, and we [A] got typhoid and dysentery.
[E] [Am]
But best of all we went to the Plaza de [G] Toros.
Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose, I revive by recalling that [E] scene.
[A] [F] [E]
[Am] And names like Belmonte, [G] Dominguina, Manolete, if I live to a hundred [F] and eighty, I shall never forget what [E] they mean.
[A] [Gm]
[D] [A]
[D] For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly [D] a half a ton of angry pot roast.
[Eb] [Eb] [D]
[D] [Eb] [D]
Out came the matador who must [Eb] have been [D] patador, slightly [Eb] insane but who looked rather bored.
[D]
Then the picadors [Eb] of course, each one on his horse, I shouted Ole every time one [D] was gored.
I [G] cheered at the [D]
bandarrilleros display [A] as they stuck to the [D] bull in their own clever way.
[G] For I hadn't had so much fun [B] since the day [Em] my brother's dog Rover [A] [D] got run over.
[Eb]
[D] Rover was killed [Eb] by a Pontiac, and it was done [D] with such grace and artistry [Eb] that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and [D] the tail.
[Eb]
[D] But I digress.
The moment [Eb] had come, I swallowed my gum, [D] we knew [Eb] there'd be blood on the sand pretty [D] soon.
The crowd [Eb] held its breath, hoping that death would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.
[D] At [G] last the matador did [D] what we wanted him to, [A] he raised his [D] sword and his aim was true.
In that [G] moment of truth, I suddenly [B] knew.
[Em] That someone had stolen [D] my wallet.
[Eb]
[D] [Eb] [D] [A]
[D] Now it's fiesta time [G] in Akron.
[A]
But it's back to old Guadalajara, [D] longing to [Bm] go.
[D] [Bm] [D] Far away from the strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] CIO.
Now I wish [D] I could get back to the land of the wetback and forget the Alamo.
[Gb] [A] In old [D] Mexico.
[N] [F]
[D] [Db]
[F] [Fm]
[Db]
[Bb] [Bb]
This week is [N] National Gallbladder Week.
So as sort of an educational feature at this point, I thought I would acquaint you with some of the results of my recent researches into the career of the late Dr.
Samuel Gall, inventor of the gallbladder.
Which certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances [G] since the invention of [B] the joy buzzer and the [N] dribble glass.
Dr.
Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year, as you no doubt recall, when for the first time in history in a nationwide poll, the gallbladder was voted among the top ten organs.
His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school where [Ab] he majored in animal husbandry until they caught him at it one day.
Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine, in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the Andes who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition.
He became a specialist specializing in diseases of the rich.
Was therefore able to retire at an early age.
To the land we all dream about, sunny Mexico of course, the last part of which is completely irrelevant, as was the whole thing I guess, except it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song, which is one of those things about that magic and romantic land south of the border.
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] When it's fiesta time in [A] [G] [A] Guadalajara, [E] then I long [Em] to be back once again [A] in old [D] Mexico, where we lived for today, never [B] giving a thought to [Em] tomorrow.
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo.
[D]
The [G] mariachis would serenade, [A] and they would not shut up [D] till they were paid.
[G] We ate, we drank, and we [D] were married, and we [A] got typhoid and dysentery.
[E] [Am]
But best of all we went to the Plaza de [G] Toros.
Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose, I revive by recalling that [E] scene.
[A] [F] [E]
[Am] And names like Belmonte, [G] Dominguina, Manolete, if I live to a hundred [F] and eighty, I shall never forget what [E] they mean.
[A] [Gm]
[D] [A]
[D] For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly [D] a half a ton of angry pot roast.
[Eb] [Eb] [D]
[D] [Eb] [D]
Out came the matador who must [Eb] have been [D] patador, slightly [Eb] insane but who looked rather bored.
[D]
Then the picadors [Eb] of course, each one on his horse, I shouted Ole every time one [D] was gored.
I [G] cheered at the [D]
bandarrilleros display [A] as they stuck to the [D] bull in their own clever way.
[G] For I hadn't had so much fun [B] since the day [Em] my brother's dog Rover [A] [D] got run over.
[Eb]
[D] Rover was killed [Eb] by a Pontiac, and it was done [D] with such grace and artistry [Eb] that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and [D] the tail.
[Eb]
[D] But I digress.
The moment [Eb] had come, I swallowed my gum, [D] we knew [Eb] there'd be blood on the sand pretty [D] soon.
The crowd [Eb] held its breath, hoping that death would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.
[D] At [G] last the matador did [D] what we wanted him to, [A] he raised his [D] sword and his aim was true.
In that [G] moment of truth, I suddenly [B] knew.
[Em] That someone had stolen [D] my wallet.
[Eb]
[D] [Eb] [D] [A]
[D] Now it's fiesta time [G] in Akron.
[A]
But it's back to old Guadalajara, [D] longing to [Bm] go.
[D] [Bm] [D] Far away from the strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] CIO.
Now I wish [D] I could get back to the land of the wetback and forget the Alamo.
[Gb] [A] In old [D] Mexico.
[N] [F]
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[F] [Fm]
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Key:
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ This week is [N] National Gallbladder Week.
_ So as _ sort of an educational feature at this point, I thought I would acquaint you with some of the results of my recent researches into the career of the late Dr.
Samuel Gall, inventor of the gallbladder.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Which _ certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances [G] since the invention of [B] the joy buzzer and the [N] dribble glass.
_ _ _ Dr.
Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year, as you no doubt recall, when for the first time in history in a nationwide poll, the gallbladder was voted among the top ten organs. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school where [Ab] he majored in animal husbandry until they caught him at it one day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine, in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the Andes who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition.
_ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ became a specialist specializing in diseases of the rich. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Was therefore able to retire at an early age.
To the land we all dream about, sunny Mexico of course, the last part of which is completely irrelevant, as was the whole thing I guess, except it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song, which is one of those things about that magic and romantic land south of the border.
_ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ When it's fiesta time _ in [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Guadalajara, _ _ _ _ [E] then I long [Em] to be back once again [A] in old _ [D] Mexico, _ _ _ _ where we lived for today, never [B] giving a thought to _ [Em] tomorrow. _
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo.
_ _ [D]
The [G] mariachis would serenade, [A] and they would not shut up [D] till they were paid.
_ [G] We ate, we drank, and we [D] were married, and we [A] got typhoid and dysentery.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
But best of all we went to the Plaza de [G] Toros.
Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose, I revive by recalling that [E] scene.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
[Am] And names like Belmonte, [G] Dominguina, Manolete, if I live to a hundred [F] and eighty, I shall never forget what [E] they mean.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly [D] a half a ton of angry pot roast.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Out came the matador who must [Eb] have been [D] patador, slightly [Eb] insane but who looked rather bored.
[D] _ _ _
_ Then the picadors [Eb] of course, each one on his horse, I shouted Ole every time one [D] was gored.
I _ _ _ _ [G] cheered at the [D]
bandarrilleros display [A] as they stuck to the [D] bull in their own clever way.
[G] For I hadn't had so much fun [B] since the day [Em] my brother's dog Rover [A] [D] got run over.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Rover was killed [Eb] by a Pontiac, _ and it was done [D] with such grace and artistry [Eb] that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and [D] the tail.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ But I digress.
_ The moment [Eb] had come, I swallowed my gum, [D] we knew [Eb] there'd be blood on the sand pretty [D] soon.
_ _ _ The crowd [Eb] held its breath, hoping that death would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ At [G] last the matador did [D] what we wanted him to, [A] he raised his [D] sword and his aim was true.
In that [G] moment of truth, I suddenly [B] knew.
_ _ _ [Em] That someone had stolen [D] my wallet.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] Now it's fiesta _ time _ [G] in Akron.
_ _ [A]
But _ _ _ _ _ it's back to old Guadalajara, [D] longing to [Bm] go.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] [D] Far away from the strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] CIO. _ _
Now I wish [D] I could get back to the land of the wetback and forget the Alamo.
[Gb] _ _ [A] In old _ [D] Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ This week is [N] National Gallbladder Week.
_ So as _ sort of an educational feature at this point, I thought I would acquaint you with some of the results of my recent researches into the career of the late Dr.
Samuel Gall, inventor of the gallbladder.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Which _ certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances [G] since the invention of [B] the joy buzzer and the [N] dribble glass.
_ _ _ Dr.
Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year, as you no doubt recall, when for the first time in history in a nationwide poll, the gallbladder was voted among the top ten organs. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school where [Ab] he majored in animal husbandry until they caught him at it one day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine, in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the Andes who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition.
_ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ became a specialist specializing in diseases of the rich. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Was therefore able to retire at an early age.
To the land we all dream about, sunny Mexico of course, the last part of which is completely irrelevant, as was the whole thing I guess, except it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song, which is one of those things about that magic and romantic land south of the border.
_ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ When it's fiesta time _ in [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Guadalajara, _ _ _ _ [E] then I long [Em] to be back once again [A] in old _ [D] Mexico, _ _ _ _ where we lived for today, never [B] giving a thought to _ [Em] tomorrow. _
To the strumming of [D] guitars in a hundred [A] grubby bars I would whisper [D] Te Amo.
_ _ [D]
The [G] mariachis would serenade, [A] and they would not shut up [D] till they were paid.
_ [G] We ate, we drank, and we [D] were married, and we [A] got typhoid and dysentery.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
But best of all we went to the Plaza de [G] Toros.
Now whenever I start feeling [F] morose, I revive by recalling that [E] scene.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
[Am] And names like Belmonte, [G] Dominguina, Manolete, if I live to a hundred [F] and eighty, I shall never forget what [E] they mean.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this [Eb] world than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly [D] a half a ton of angry pot roast.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Out came the matador who must [Eb] have been [D] patador, slightly [Eb] insane but who looked rather bored.
[D] _ _ _
_ Then the picadors [Eb] of course, each one on his horse, I shouted Ole every time one [D] was gored.
I _ _ _ _ [G] cheered at the [D]
bandarrilleros display [A] as they stuck to the [D] bull in their own clever way.
[G] For I hadn't had so much fun [B] since the day [Em] my brother's dog Rover [A] [D] got run over.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Rover was killed [Eb] by a Pontiac, _ and it was done [D] with such grace and artistry [Eb] that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and [D] the tail.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ But I digress.
_ The moment [Eb] had come, I swallowed my gum, [D] we knew [Eb] there'd be blood on the sand pretty [D] soon.
_ _ _ The crowd [Eb] held its breath, hoping that death would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ At [G] last the matador did [D] what we wanted him to, [A] he raised his [D] sword and his aim was true.
In that [G] moment of truth, I suddenly [B] knew.
_ _ _ [Em] That someone had stolen [D] my wallet.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] Now it's fiesta _ time _ [G] in Akron.
_ _ [A]
But _ _ _ _ _ it's back to old Guadalajara, [D] longing to [Bm] go.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] [D] Far away from the strikes of the [B] AF of L and [Em] CIO. _ _
Now I wish [D] I could get back to the land of the wetback and forget the Alamo.
[Gb] _ _ [A] In old _ [D] Mexico. _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _