Calexico – Across The Wire (Ukulele)

C                                          G
Alberto hits his brother on the back of the head

                                 C
looks to the north as he starts to get up

                                                   G
his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not light yet,"

                                                C 
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"

                F                C
darkness on the road and over the land

           G                   C
into the laws and out of the hands

                  F
from those with so much

               C
and no show of heart

                    G
you'd think it'd be crazy

               C            G C G C
to ask for a small part

                                   G
spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake

                                  C
resting on cactus and feasting on snakes

                                         G
but the waters recede as the dump closes in

                                       C
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children

               F                        C
poison in the stream that flows to the sea

           G                        C
out on the waves that crash within reach

                 F
of those with so much

                 C
and so little to fear

                    G
you'd think it'd be crazy

                     C
to be so far away yet so near

Dm           F           C
some say a new day will shine here 

Dm            F                E        F
over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune

               C
all across the wire

C                                   G
Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail

                         C
and dodging the border patrol

                                    G
out in the wastelands wandering for days

                                       C
the future looks bleak with no sign of change

                 F
darkness in the eye 

                C
and down in the soul

               G
all across the wire 

                 C
to those in control

            F
holding so much

                C
with no show of heart

                   G
you think it'd be crazy

                   C
to watch it all fall apart

F            G    C
watch it all fall apart