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CA hundred dollars over the border
A thousand miles out of my G7mind
Oh what was I thinking
Thinking I could drink all that Mexican Cwine
And who in the world is this woman
I've never seen her Fbefore
But I've got a feeling Cthat she's got a husband
G7Someone just kicked down the Cdoor
Better run for the G7border
He's never gonna underCstand
Better find a Fplace to hide
On the G7other side of the Rio CGrande
Jose he's tall dark and handsome
She said as she reached for her G7cloths
But he's mean as a snake
When his woman you take right from under his Cnose
I said this is a great time to tell me
She said I thought he was in Fjail
Well I'm Jose's wife CJose's got a knife
G7And Jose is hot on your Ctrail
Better run for the G7border
Jose he is a dangerous Cman
Better find a Fplace to hide
On the G7other side of the Rio CGrande
So I ran through the streets of Laredo
Naked as the day I was G7born
People were staring and clapping 
And laughing and honking their Chorns
As I passed a church on the corner
I thought about stopping to Fpray
Then a voice from the blue Csaid I'll watch over you
G7But we'd better stay ahead of CJose
Better run for the G7border
Jose he is a dangerous Cman
Better find a Fplace to hide
On the G7other side of the Rio CGrande
Better run for the G7border 
Jose will never underCstand
Better find a Fplace to hide
On the G7other side of the Rio CGrande

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Run For The Border

by Johnny Rodriguez

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A hundred dollars over the border

A thousand miles out of my mind

Oh what was I thinking

Thinking I could drink all that Mexican wine

And who in the world is this woman

I've never seen her before

But I've got a feeling that she's got a husband

G7 C

Someone just kicked down the door

Better run for the border

He's never gonna understand

Better find a place to hide

G7 C

On the other side of the Rio Grande

Jose he's tall dark and handsome

She said as she reached for her cloths

But he's mean as a snake

When his woman you take right from under his nose

I said this is a great time to tell me

She said I thought he was in jail

Well I'm Jose's wife Jose's got a knife

G7 C

And Jose is hot on your trail

Better run for the border

Jose he is a dangerous man

Better find a place to hide

G7 C

On the other side of the Rio Grande

So I ran through the streets of Laredo

Naked as the day I was born

People were staring and clapping

And laughing and honking their horns

As I passed a church on the corner

I thought about stopping to pray

Then a voice from the blue said I'll watch over you

G7 C

But we'd better stay ahead of Jose

Better run for the border

Jose he is a dangerous man

Better find a place to hide

G7 C

On the other side of the Rio Grande

Better run for the border

Jose will never understand

Better find a place to hide

G7 C

On the other side of the Rio Grande

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