David Allan Coe – Juanita (Guitar)

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[Intro] E A E B7 E B7 [Verse 1]
         E
Well I'm finally gettin' used to the water

                       B7
The way the tarantulas bite

      B7
Those Federales didn't believe that

                                  E
Only came here to watch the bulls fight

        E
Tell my mother, I need a good lawyer

                             A
Tell my father I'm getting a tan

                      E            C#m
My sleepy siesta down south of the border

   A           B7          E
Is taking more time then I planned.
[Chorus]
      A        B7     E
Oh Juanita somebody betrayed me

        A         B7           E
They're giving me ten years to life

A         B7          E    C#m
Juanita I need you to save me

  A            B7          E
I promise I'll make you my wife.
[Verse 2]
  E
I got a big house in Milwaukee

                      B7
With a color TV and a pool

  B7
A naugahyde bar and a Cadillac car

                             E
Juanita, they're waiting for you

        E
Tie the burro up down in the courtyard

                       A
To keep the guard busy tonight

                              E           C#m
When you bring my dinner make sure the tortilla

   A             B7       E
Is filled with a gun or a knife.
[Chorus]
       A        B7     E
Hey Juanita somebody betrayed me

        A         B7           E
They're giving me ten years to life

A         B7          E    C#m
Juanita I need you to save me

  A            B7          E
I promise I'll make you my wife.
[Verse 3]
E
Juanita, you'll love Wisconsin

                        B7
Wisconsin is gonna love you

     B7
Yes,   all of Milwaukee speaks Spanish

                                     E
Of course you're gonna wear American shoes

     E
Lake Michigan tastes like tequila

                                           A
Frijoles, why they grow they grow there on trees

                         E            C#m
You can say adios to the pigs and the goats

          A            B7            E
If you'll just do this one thing for me.
[Chorus]
       A        B7     E
But Juanita somebody betrayed me

        A         B7           E
They're giving me ten years to life

A         B7          E    C#m
Juanita I need you to save me

  A            B7          E
I promise I'll make you my wife.
[Outro]
A           E
  (Juanita,   I-I swear it was all a mistake)

B7                             E
  (You see, I was drowning out there in the ocean)

                A
(And I saw this bale coming by man so I grabbed it)

       E                             B7
(And I climbed up on top of it and I found this stick)

       E
(And I rowed myself into shore)

                          A
(and when I got there the border patrol was waiting for me at the…)

E                             B7
  (I didn't know what it was,   I promise you)

E                                            A
  (If you'll just marry me so I can become a citizen of Mexico)

                    E
(I'd take you to Milwaukee, you can meet all my friends)

                B7                                E
(They got these big shiny motorcycles and you can ride on the back of 'em with 'em)

A          E
  (Really,   Juanita would I lie to you?)