Warren Zevon – The Rosarita Beach Cafe (Guitar)

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4/4, no capo, key of C [Intro] C Em F C C C/B Am F C [Verse 1]
     C         Em        F              C
With Tennessee sour mash whiskey on my breath

C        C/B        Am   F     C
Rosalie, Suzy, and Lucy on my mind

  F                G
I drove my old car down

           Em         Am         F
the dusty streets of this old border town

      F                      C                G7
But I never thought I'd get stuck here such a long, long time
[Chorus]
          F               G                   C
I've got a million dollar bill and they can't change it

 F                 C              G7
They won't let me leave until my tab is paid

     F                  G                Em     Am      F
So I might as well settle down here and buy the house another round

                                   G
send my mail to the rosarita beach cafe
[Verse 2]
       C                     Em           F        C
It was one of those hot dry dime-a-dozen Mexicana days

        C              C/B           Am      F     C
when I fell through the door of the rosarita beach cafe

      F             G                       Em       Am       F
And I got myself a table with a view of the breakers and the bay

     F              C              G7
and another cold Dos Equis on the way
[Chorus]
          F               G                   C
I've got a million dollar bill and they can't change it

 F                 C              G7
They won't let me leave until my tab is paid

     F                      G            Em     Am      F
So I might as well settle down here and buy the house another round

                                   G
send my mail to the rosarita beach cafe
[Verse 3]
       C                  Em                   F                  C
Well I soon fell in with thugs and thieves and gamblers from the beach

        C       C/B   Am           F         C
and the devil himslef suggested an all night game

        F                  G
but the night winds came along

          Em         Am        F
like some dark-eyed senorita's song

    F                 C                     G7
and blew my straight flush out across the waves
[Chorus]
          F               G                   C
I've got a million dollar bill and they can't change it

 F                 C              G7
They won't let me leave until my tab is paid

       F                  G              Em     Am      F
So I might as well settle down here and buy the house another round

                                   G
send my mail to the rosarita beach cafe
[Outro] C Em F C
C C/B Am F C
(fade out)