{"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":1931373,"song":"Gringo In Belize","artist":"Jerry Jeff Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431973-gringo-in-belize-chords-by-jerry-jeff-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1931373?type=chord","rating":4.80369,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell he came down on vacation, 'cause he liked the tropic sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMargaritas and the music, made it all seem fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHe bought a piece of heaven on the Carribean seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's a happy little camper in Belize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              \r\nHe began to build a condo, but the labor cost was high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis partner stole his money, that left him high and dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHis land is still a mudhole, where you sink up to your knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd he's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                     [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe's a planner, he's a dreamer, he's a sordid little schemer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSeems to think that money grows on trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's a whiner, he's a loser, he's a pothead, he's a boozer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          \r\nWell he used to have a girlfriend that now he can't afford[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSince one of his investments got busted at the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHe wasted all his money paying bribes and fines and fees[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]                    \r\nAnd he's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo he sold his motorcycle, somebody stole his boat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey ran it on the reef and now the damn thing just won't float[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThe only thing's that free is mud, mosquitoes and the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd he's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                     [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe's a planner, he's a dreamer, he's a sordid little schemer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSeems to think that money grows on trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's a whiner, he's a loser, he's a pothead, he's a boozer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNow he'll drink a beer for breakfast, he'll chase it with rum punch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's smoking up his dinner, he's a snorting up his lunch[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Eb[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHe's been wasted on the mainland, now he's stoned out in the Cayes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd he's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                     [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe's a planner, he's a dreamer, he's a sordid little schemer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSeems to think that money grows on trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's a whiner, he's a loser, he's a pothead, he's a boozer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's just another gringo in Belize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSounds like a pretty good goddamned life to me[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBb\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBb F Eb Bb Cm F Bb \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bb","F","Eb","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}