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New Life In Old Mexico

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Robert Earl Keen - My New Life is Waiting
AI crossed the Mississippi,              turned sF#mouth at San Anton        
EA bowie knife, a woolen coat,           a gDrip bag on my Aarm   
AIt's all somebody needs to              mF#make it through the land 
EWalk the night, travel light,           crDoss the Rio GArande
F#mSomeone strums a mandolDin,      sAoft gulf breezes blEow
AMy new life is wDaiting in oEld MexiAco
AI was once a married man                F#mlivin' peacefully 
EHard to say exactly when                the dDevil blinded mAe 
ABut there was some confusion    when my sF#mweet  wife left this world 
EDarker times, drunken crimes,   a dDead young working gAirl 
F#mLeft a jailer there in CaDroline, watAching me from down Ebelow
AMy new life is wDaiting in Eold MeAxico
F#mLivin' in the sDhadows           F#mRunnin' from my fDame
BlAowin' where the wDind blows    Where Dno one knows my nEame
AIn the El Vaquero Bar           in the F#mtown of Eagle Pass 
EMoments from my freedom                 warm Dwhiskey in my glAass
ASome boracho took me            for the maF#mn who stole his wife
EHe went for his forty-four as           DI reached for my kAnife 
F#mHe never fired a second Dshot    he was Ajust too slEow
AMy new life is wDaiting in oEld MexAico
AI hear of hidden harbors sF#mouth of Mazatlan 
Where Ecool spring mountain waters               meet the warm DPacific sAun
AI pray the miles I've traveled                  and F#mall the sins I bear 
EBurn away like mornin' fog                      and vaDnish in the aiAr 
F#mMiles beyond the border nDow,            but maAny miles to gEo
AMy new life is Dwaiting in oEld MexAico
AMy new life is Dwaiting in oEld MexAico

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New Life In Old Mexico

by Robert Earl Keen

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Robert Earl Keen - My New Life is Waiting

A F#m

I crossed the Mississippi, turned south at San Anton

E D A

A bowie knife, a woolen coat, a grip bag on my arm

A F#m

It's all somebody needs to make it through the land

E D A

Walk the night, travel light, cross the Rio Grande

F#m D A E

Someone strums a mandolin, soft gulf breezes blow

A D E A

My new life is waiting in old Mexico

A F#m

I was once a married man livin' peacefully

E D A

Hard to say exactly when the devil blinded me

A F#m

But there was some confusion when my sweet wife left this world

E D A

Darker times, drunken crimes, a dead young working girl

F#m D A E

Left a jailer there in Caroline, watching me from down below

A D E A

My new life is waiting in old Mexico

F#m D F#m D

Livin' in the shadows Runnin' from my fame

A D D E

Blowin' where the wind blows Where no one knows my name

A F#m

In the El Vaquero Bar in the town of Eagle Pass

E D A

Moments from my freedom warm whiskey in my glass

A F#m

Some boracho took me for the man who stole his wife

E D A

He went for his forty-four as I reached for my knife

F#m D A E

He never fired a second shot he was just too slow

A D E A

My new life is waiting in old Mexico

A F#m

I hear of hidden harbors south of Mazatlan

E D A

Where cool spring mountain waters meet the warm Pacific sun

A F#m

I pray the miles I've traveled and all the sins I bear

E D A

Burn away like mornin' fog and vanish in the air

F#m D A E

Miles beyond the border now, but many miles to go

A D E A

My new life is waiting in old Mexico

A D E A

My new life is waiting in old Mexico

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