{"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":1520816,"song":"Mexican Cowboy","artist":"Willie Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11282268-mexican-cowboy-chords-by-willie-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1520816?type=chord","rating":4.53373,"votes":33,"content":"This is a rough work up as I wanted a version to take to jam and there isn't one yet. \r\nFeel free to add correction in comments and I'll check back. Cheers\r\n\r\nChords for guitar, regular tuning, no capo. Willie plays this on a banjo so I \r\napproximate the rhythm with alternating thumb bass, kind of Travis picking style...\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  (x8)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwinging in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/C[/ch]\r\nto old Fort Worth in 1883[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome old Mexican cowboy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/C[/ch]\r\ncome steppin' up to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSayin' how are you young fella[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/C[/ch]\r\nwhen would you like to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/C[/ch]\r\nAnd spend another season with me in Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n(same as verse 1)\r\n\r\nI had no employment\r\nback to him did say\r\nIt’s according to your wages\r\nAccording to your pay\r\nSaid I’ll pay you good wages\r\nand often too you know\r\nIf you spend another season with me in Mexico\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n(same as verse 1)\r\n\r\nI went up to this cowboy\r\nI offered him my hand\r\nBut he gave a string of horses\r\nSo old they couldn't stand\r\nHow nearly starved to death boys\r\nI mean to let you know\r\nAnd I never saw a dollar in those hills of Mexico\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n(same as verse 1)\r\n\r\nI got up on that steamboat and back to home did go\r\nHow them bells they did ring\r\nThose whistles did blow\r\nHow them bells they did ring\r\nThose whistles did blow\r\nOn that godforsaken fortune in those hills of Mexico","plain_text":"This is a rough work up as I wanted a version to take to jam and there isn't one yet. \nFeel free to add correction in comments and I'll check back. Cheers\n\nChords for guitar, regular tuning, no capo. Willie plays this on a banjo so I \napproximate the rhythm with alternating thumb bass, kind of Travis picking style...\n\n[Intro]\nG        Em     C  (x8)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n(same as verse 1)\n\nI had no employment\nback to him did say\nIt’s according to your wages\nAccording to your pay\nSaid I’ll pay you good wages\nand often too you know\nIf you spend another season with me in Mexico\n\n[Instrumental Break]\n\n[Verse 3]\n(same as verse 1)\n\nI went up to this cowboy\nI offered him my hand\nBut he gave a string of horses\nSo old they couldn't stand\nHow nearly starved to death boys\nI mean to let you know\nAnd I never saw a dollar in those hills of Mexico\n\n[Verse 4]\n(same as verse 1)\n\nI got up on that steamboat and back to home did go\nHow them bells they did ring\nThose whistles did blow\nHow them bells they did ring\nThose whistles did blow\nOn that godforsaken fortune in those hills of Mexico","chords":["G","Em","C","G/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}