Robert Earl Keen – Gringo Honeymoon (Guitar Live)

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[Verse 1]
D                                  Em
We were standing on a mountain top

G
Where the cactus flowers grow

D                       Em
I was wishing that the world would stop

G
When you said "We'd better go"

D                             Em
We took a row boat across the Rio Grande

G                      D
Captain Pablo was our guide

                     C
For two dollars in a weathered hand

G                             D
He rowed us to the other side
[Chorus 1]
A
We were dreaming like

Bm
The end was not in sight

G                            D
And we dreamed all afternoon

A
We asked the world to wait

Bm
So we could celebrate

G
A gringo honeymoon
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D [Verse 2]
D                             Em
We stepped out onto the golden sand

G                                D
The sun was high and burning down

D                       Em
Rented donkeys from an old blind man

G                           D
Saddled up and rode to town

D                      Em
Tied our donkeys to an Ironwood tree

G                                 D
By the stream where children play

D                          C
We went in the first place we could see

G                              D
Serving cold beer in the shade
[Chorus 2]
A
We were drinking like

Bm
The end was not in sight

G                       D
And we drank all afternoon

A
We asked the world to wait

Bm
So we could celebrate

G
A gringo honeymoon
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D [Verse 3]
D                            Em
Met a cowboy who said that he

G                         D
Was running from the D.E.A

D                                Em
He left his home, wife, and family

G                        D
When he made his get away

D                                      Em
We'd followed him on down a street of dust

G                               D
To his run-down, one-room shack

D                            C
He blew a smoke ring and he smiled at us

G                       D
"I ain't never goin' back"
[Chorus 3]
A
We were flying like

Bm
The end was not in sight

G                           D
And we soared that afternoon

A
We asked the world to wait

Bm
So we could celebrate

G
A gringo honeymoon
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D [Verse 4]
D                                    Em
He said "There's one last place that you should go"

G                              D
He took us to the town's best bar

D                     Em
He knew a crusty caballero

G                                  D
Who played an old gut-string guitar

D                        Em
And he sang like Marty Robbins could

G                     D
Played like no one I've known

D                         C
For a while we knew that life was good

G
It was ours to take back home
[Chorus 2]
A
We were singing like

Bm
The end was not in sight

G                    D
And we sang all afternoon

A
We asked the world to wait

Bm
So we could celebrate

G
A gringo honeymoon
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D [Outro]
D                      Em
We were standing on a mountain top

G                           D
Where the cactus flowers grow

D                       Em
I was wishing that the world would stop

G                           D
When you said we'd better go
D Dsus4 D