Post Malone – M-E-X-I-C-O (Guitar)

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As recorded by Post Malone feat. Billy Strings (From the 2024 Album F-1 TRILLION) Alternatively you may play this song tuned down 1/2 step. To do so transpose +2 steps. [Intro] F C N.C. C [Verse 1]
C                                            F                C
I was hangin' 'round in Brooklyn town with a settle-down type girl

                             G7
Her daddy was a diplomat who thought he ruled the world

    C                                F              Fm
And he was well-connected, he helped me connect the dots

   C              Am                    G             C
He paid me off to leave, and let's just say he paid a lot
[Chorus]
C                    Am      F
I guess it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me

     C                    G7
Laid up in the shade of a coconut tree

    C                                        F                Fm
And love said, "Go to hell," but there's somewhere I'd rather be

        C   F   G       C
So it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me
[Verse 2]
C                                  F                C
So I took her daddy's money, but I stopped in Vegas first

                                G7
I met a dancer on the strip and fell in love with her

   C                               F
We almost tied the knot when Elvis asked, "Any objections?"

    C                                   G   C
Her mobster boyfriend busted in with an AK-47
[Chorus]
C                  Am      F
Guess it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me

     C                    G7
Laid up in the shade of a coconut tree

    C                                        F                Fm
And love said, "Go to hell," but there's somewhere I'd rather be

        C   F   G       C
So it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me
[Guitar Solo] C F C G [Fiddle Solo] C F C Am G C [Guitar Solo] C F C G [Pedal Steel Solo] C F C G C [Bridge]
C                                 F             C
I made it south of El Paso, met a businesswoman there

                              G
I knew that she was rich, but how, I didn't care

         C                                     F             Fm
When the cops kicked in the door, they found a suitcase of cocaine

    C                 Am             G              C
She took off with the Federales, and I took all the blame
[Chorus]
C                    Am      F
I guess it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me

          C                          G
From this jail cell, I can't see one coconut tree

    C                                  F          Fm
And love said, "Go to hell," and now I can't ever leave

        C   F   G       C
So it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me
[Outro]
        F       G       C
So it's M-E-X-I-C-O for me