{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":3780866,"song":"Compañero Blanco","artist":"Andy Hersey","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11140659-companero-blanco-tab-by-andy-hersey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/3780866?type=tab","rating":4.59558,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x3\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only thing standing between me and Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas a rusted white fence and a love for my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd of all of the gringos I should have been the next to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   As for work on El San Rafael, there was plenty[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy first day on the job I did not say a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI listened, I thought of what my foreman had told me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  He taught me well, he was very direct[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe spoke to me in Spanish only[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell it was the last of the RO’s, but Ruben didn’t care[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe looked at it more like it was occupied Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Señor Ruben Ceballos, mi amigo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan a man work any harder?  I’ll never know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne night in October, we drank together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat very day Ruben may have saved my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I thanked him for his friendship he called me, “Compañero Blanco”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  We talked about our children, talked about our wives[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe drank to our friendship with smooth bacanora[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrank to Arizona and also Sonora[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the tiara and to the aurora[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nArriba, abajo, afuera, adentro!  x 2[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  x3\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  “Los chubascos,” that’s what he called them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRain clouds heavier than oil on canvas[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the aroma that rose from the dust and the seed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter six months of drought it was stronger than cannabis[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe windmills he called,   “papalotes”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRuben seemed to me to be a wise old owl[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd those owls he called,   “tecalotes”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGrama grass dances on the wind like grunion on the sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe smoke from the factory down in Cananea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay be a wildfire just south of Santa Cruz[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI looked at Ruben, I wondered what he’d say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf he could tell me everything he wanted to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, Ruben and I worked hard for the family that owned that ranch, although[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe Sharps never considered themselves owners but rather stewards of that land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe saw the sun rise two times in one working day, and that second sunrise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShone just as pristine and clean and clear as that good bottle of Mexican[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMoonshine we knew they had in the cupboard at the main house of the ranch.  Ruben ran across about a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHalf of case of oranges that made for a nice mixer.  He called them, “naranjas.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Ruben looked at me and I looked back at Ruben, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDamned if we didn’t do it again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe drank to our friendship with smooth bacanora[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrank to Arizona and also Sonora[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the tiara and to the aurora[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nArriba, abajo, afuera, adentro!  x 3[/tab]\r\n\r\nD      Em (slow arpeggio)","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nEm C G D Em C G D  x3\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G D Em C G D  x2\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G D Em C G D  x2\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G D Em C G D  x2\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nEm C G D Em C G D  x3\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G D Em C G D\n\n[Spoken]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD      Em (slow arpeggio)","chords":["Em","C","G","D","F"]}