Merle Haggard – Seashores Of Old Mexico (Guitar)

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Album "Seashores of Old Mexico" released Oct 13 1987 Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson This song needs a lot of practice, but it's worth it. Song has a 3/4 beat. [Chords] Order EADGBe Bm: x24432 D/B: x20232 D/C#: x40232 (After key change 1 - Verse 3 & 4) Bb: x13331 Bb7: x13131 Cm: 355433 Eb: x6888x or x11343 Eb/D: x5888x or (10)x888x or xx0343 Eb/C: 8x888x or x3x343 Eb7: x68686 or x11323 Fm: 133111 G#: 466544 (After key change 2 - Verse 5) E: x7999x E/D#: x6999x E/C#: 9x999x F#m: 244222
[Intro]
   D       D/C#    D/B     A7
e|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|-------| x2
B|---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|
G|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---0-0-|
D|-0-----|-------|-------|---2-2-|
A|-------|-4-----|-2-----|-0-----|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[Verse 1]
    D          D/C#        D/B     A7         Em   A7 Em A7
We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind

        Em            A7              Em            A7           D   D/C# D/B A
We were runnin' from trouble and the jail term the Judge had in mind

    Am7           D7        Am7           D7
The border meant freedom, a new life, and romance

     Am           D7               G   Bm Em D
And that's why I thought we should go

 Em             A7          Em           A7       D  D/C# D/B A
Start our lives over on the seashores of old Mexico
[Verse 2]
     D             D/C#       D/B          A7       Em   A7 Em A7
Our first night in Juarez, we lost all the money we had

    Em      A7        Em         A7        D    D/C# C/B A
One bad senorita made use of two innocent lads

       Am7          D7            Am7               D7
But we must keep on runnin', it's too late to turn back

          Am        D7          G   Bm Em D
And we're wanted in Tucson, we know

  Em             A7          Em           A7       D
Things will blow over on the seashores of old Mexico

[Interlude]
   D       D/C#    D/B     A7
e|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|-------|
B|---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|
G|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---0-0-|
D|-0-----|-------|-------|---2-2-|
A|-------|-4-----|-2-----|-0-----|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[Key Change 1]
   Eb      Eb/D    Eb/C    Bb7
e|---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|-------|
B|---4-4-|---4-4-|---4-4-|---3-3-|
G|---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---1-1-|
D|-1-----|-0-----|-------|---3-3-|
A|-------|-------|-3-----|-1-----|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[Verse 3]
    Eb      Eb/D       Eb/C       Bb7          Fm   Bb7 Fm Bb7
Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say

       Fm          Bb7       Fm           Bb7         Eb  Eb/D Eb/C Bb
Let us ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay

Bbm7           Eb7      Bbm7    Eb7
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera

Bbm7        Eb7      Ab  Cm Fm Eb
Then in the Manzanillos

          Fm          Bb7             Fm           Bb7     Eb  Eb/D Eb/C Bb
Where we slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico
[Verse 4]
      Eb         Eb/D     Eb/C        Bb7         Fm    Bb7 Fm Bb7
After one long siesta, we came wide awake in the night

         Fm         Bb7         Fm           Bb7       Eb  Eb/D Eb/C Bb
We were startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight

    Bbm7        Eb7         Bbm7      Eb7
Our newfound companion, one young senorita

    Bbm7      Eb7       Ab  Cm Fm Eb
Who offered a broken hello

       Fm           Bb7         Fm           Bbm     Eb
To the gringos she found on the seashores of old Mexico

[Interlude]
   Eb      Eb/D    Eb/C    Bb7
e|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|---8-8-|---8-8-|---8-8-|---3-3-|
G|---8-8-|---8-8-|---8-8-|---1-1-|
D|---8-8-|---8-8-|---8-8-|---3-3-|
A|-6-----|-5-----|-------|-1-----|
E|-------|-------|-8-----|-------|
[Key Change 2]
   E       E/D#    E/C#    B7
e|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|---9-9-|---9-9-|---9-9-|---4-4-|
G|---9-9-|---9-9-|---9-9-|---2-2-|
D|---9-9-|---9-9-|---9-9-|---4-4-|
A|-7-----|-6-----|-------|-2-----|
E|-------|-------|-9-----|-------|
[Verse 5]
     E         E/D#     E/C#             B7       F#m  B7 F#m B7
She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return

        F#m     B7           F#m        B7           E   E/D# E/C# B
For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern

       Bm7           E7         Bm7          E7
'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo

           Bm7        E7        A     C#m F#m E
And that's all that I needed to know

   F#m           B7            F#m          B7      E
We found what we needed on the seashores of old Mexico
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