{"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":1731075,"song":"Gustavo","artist":"Mark Kozelek","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369547-gustavo-chords-by-mark-kozelek/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1731075?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":9,"content":"                                   Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Gustavo\r\n                                    From album 'Perils from the Sea'\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you want to sound as same as the record, listen the rhytm and play a riff with E (lowest) string and G \r\nstring.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI wrote a check and I bought an old house[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI got a TV and a worn-out couch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A#[/ch]  \r\nHired a guy named Gustavo and his friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo fix it up from the foundation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOh god, those motherfuckers drove me nuts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith their electrical saws and mariachi music[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nBut they really stepped it up man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd put their backs into it [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut they lived pretty far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey wanted to stay for a couple of months[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n'Til the work got done and I said sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMade ‘em a key and got ‘em a microwave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge: [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nGustavo was an illegal immigrant[/tab]\r\n                                \r\nHe took the money that I gave him\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nAnd he went and spent it on strippers and casinos[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd every once in a while with them I’d go\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt gets boring out in the mountains, you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nChopping wood, falling asleep to the TV snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaking ground beef tacos[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn the top of a potbellied stove[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEating noodles from a Styrofoam cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWaiting for a ride that never shows up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking into town, browsing the windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLooking at rifles, looking at ammo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt night when everything’s closed[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn my wet boots, in my winter clothes\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOne night they were headed for Tahoe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey asked me along but I said fuck no[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n'Cause I was tired and my money was tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they just laughed and said alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd on the way back they got stopped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy a redneck sunnyside highway cop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nGustavo was drunk and had an ounce of pot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd spent the night on a jailhouse cot [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThey deported him back to Mexico [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe called me collect from a Tijuana pay phone [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAsking man, could you wire me money? [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n2500 for a border coyote[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe needed work and he missed his family [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I hung up and I said I’m sorry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I hung up and I felt uneasy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI hung up and my heart was heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hung up and my back was aching[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicking up the work they’d left in front of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe demoled walls and the pulled up floors [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe busted up cabinets and the broken drawers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe kitchen sink was laying in the backyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I looked down and my hands were trembling[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I looked up and my roof was leaking[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNow I still sleep on my beat-up old couch [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nIn the living room of my unfinished house[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nI got a licensed contractor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he quit cause his wife was dying of cancer [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut what the hell, I’m just here trying to find answers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nTo find peace of mind, to get a piece of the rock [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nA place to put my mental clock[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd my old guitars and gently rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBack and forth in my front porch chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nWithout a worry, without a care[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A#[/ch]          \r\nI’m doing alright but I’m still not there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMy house ain’t done, but it’s alright [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D#[/ch]           \r\nFloors ain’t level, but I ain’t some suburban[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nWho cares about bathroom tiles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStraight lines and building codes and Chinese wind chimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMy house ain’t done, but it’s fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nCome out here from time to time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nIn December for the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd in July to watch the roses grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy gardener asks had I seen Gustavo? [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI just laughed and I said fuck no[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot since that night he left[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis hair combed back, headed for Tahoe [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy girlfriend asked had I heard from that guy from Mexico?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said you mean Gustavo?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I just laughed and I said no[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNot since he called from the Tijuana pay phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nReally I don’t give much thought to Gustavo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A#[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI love to go out to the mountains, though[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in the fall, feel the breeze blow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd in the winter, watch the falling snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in the spring, love the rainbows [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd in the summer smell the roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhite and red and yellow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBy: TheTristo\r\nthetristo.tumblr.com","plain_text":"Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Gustavo\n                                    From album 'Perils from the Sea'\n\n\nIf you want to sound as same as the record, listen the rhytm and play a riff with E (lowest) string and G \nstring.\n\n\n\n\nIntro: Am A# F Gm Am A# F Gm Am A#\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge: Gm Am A#\n\n\n\n                                \nHe took the money that I gave him\n\n\nAnd every once in a while with them I’d go\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn my wet boots, in my winter clothes\n\n\nBridge: Am A# F Gm Am A#\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy: TheTristo\nthetristo.tumblr.com","chords":["E","G","Am","A#","F","Gm","Dm","C","D#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}