{"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":591546,"song":"Mexican Home","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/591546-mexican-home-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/591546?type=chord","rating":4.5726,"votes":132,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                       Mexican Home - John Prine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S.\r\nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nArtist: John Prine\r\nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\r\nYear: 1973\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt got so hot, last night, I swear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou couldn't hardly breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHeat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI sat on the porch without my shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched the cars roll by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the headlights raced[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the corner of the kitchen wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMama dear, your boy is here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar across the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting for that sacred core[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat burns inside of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel a storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll wet and warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNot ten miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nApproaching my Mexican home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Intro)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy God! I cried, it's so hot inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou could die in the living room[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake the fan from the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nProp the door back with a broom[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe cuckoo clock has died of shock[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the windows feel no pane[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe air's as still as the throttle on a funeral train[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n(Repeat Intro)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy father died on the porch outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn an August afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sipped bourbon and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a friend by the light of the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo it's hurry! hurry! step right up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's a matter of life or death[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sun is going down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the moon is just holding its breath.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                       Mexican Home - John Prine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Dave S.\nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nArtist: John Prine\nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\nYear: 1973\n\n\n\nIntro:\nC  F  C  F  C  G  C\nC  F  C  F  C  G  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Intro)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n(Repeat Intro)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}