John Prine – Mexican Home (Guitar Tab)

Capo 5
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
      It got so hot, last night, I swear    You couldn't hardly breathe
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      Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
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      I sat on the porch without my shoes     And I watched the cars roll by
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       As the headlights raced To the corner of 
                                        the kitchen wall.
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[Chorus]
      Mama dear Your boy is here    Far across the sea
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      Waiting for That sacred core       That burns inside of me
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     And I feel a storm   All wet and warm    Not ten miles away
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      Approaching         My Mexican home.
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[Interlude]
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[Verse]
      My God! I cried, it's so hot inside You could die in the living room
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      Take the fan         Prop the door back 
         from the window           with a broom
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      The cuckoo clock has died of shock      And the windows feel no pane
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      The air's as still  As the throttle on a 
                                      funeral train.
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[Chorus]
      Mama dear Your boy is here    Far across the sea
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      Waiting for That sacred core       That burns inside of me
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     And I feel a storm   All wet and warm    Not ten miles away
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      Approaching         My Mexican home.
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
      My father died on the porch outside      On an August afternoon
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      I sipped bourbon     With a friend by the 
               and cried          light of the moon
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      So its hurry! hurry! Step right up      It's a matter of life or death
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      The sun is going    And the moon is just 
                   down            holding its breath.
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[Chorus]
      Mama dear Your boy is here    Far across the sea
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      Waiting for That sacred core       That burns inside of me
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     And I feel a storm   All wet and warm    Not ten miles away
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      Approaching         My Mexican home.
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