Gringo [Instrumental] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Csus4][C][F][Bb][C][Csus4][C][F][Dm]
[C]
[Csus4][C][F]

[Verse 1]
Bill [F]Payne[Bb][C][Dm][C]
[F]Gringo, Southern California [C]bound
[F]Gringo, take a stop and look [Eb]around
[F](Come and lay you[Dm]r money down)
[F]Ain't no banana republic, gringo
There's oil deep beneath [C]the ground
[F]Two or three [Fm]weeks in [Gm]Mexico[Ab]
And [Bb]you think you've seen it [F]all[C][F][Gm]
[C][Csus4][C]

[Interlude 1]
[Csus4][C][F][Bb][C]

[Verse 2]
[F]Gringo, stars and stripes out
in the [C]cold[Dm][C]
[F]Gringo, here's a hand
you can take [Eb]hold of
(Even[F]though we're
[Dm]bought [C]and [F]sold)
Drink Coca- Cola says the sign there
America has made it's [C]mark[Db]
(They said blood is thicker
[Cm]than [C]wat[Fm]er)
Something tell[Gm]s me we
really [Ab]oughta[Bb]
Come out [F]of the dark
[C][F][Gm][Bb][C]

[Verse 3]
Night long [F]saxophone in
[Bb]the barri[C]o[Dm]
(The chicas will [C]warm [F]you)
They can be [Gm]persuasive [Am]gringo
[Bb]With stars in thei[C]r eyes

[Verse 4]
[G]Spend a week in Acap[C]ulco
[G]No [C]Espera[G]nto n[C]eeded there[G]
[Am]Lovers are like [Bb]broken glass
They're [Dm]every[C]where

[Interlude 2]
[C][Dm][C][F][Bb][C][F][Bb][C][F][Bb][Dm][C]
[F][C][F][C][Am][Bb][C]
[F][C][Am][Dsus4][G][Dm][Dsus2][D][A][F#]
[Ebm][Ab][Db][Ebm][Ab][B][E][Db][Ebm][Db][B]
[Cb][A][Ebm][Ab][Fm][Gb][Bbm][Ab][Eb][Ab][Eb][C]
[F][Bb][C][Dm]

[Verse 5]
(The ch[C]icas will [F]warm you)
They can be [Gm]persuasive [Am]gringo
[Bb]With stars in th[C]eir eyes

[Verse 6]
[F]Gringo, think of this before you [C]leave
[F]Gringo, the truth is easy to de[Eb]ceive
(If truth [Dm]you're ready to
[C]rec[F]eive)
Between the open road
are your memories
Tender hearted though they
[C]may be[Db]
(They say blood is thicker
[C]than [Db]water)
(They say all suffering comes to
[Fm]an e[Bb]nd)[Db]
(The common saying for
friend [Csus4]is amigo)
[C]Gringo
[F]

[Verse 7]
[Fm]Red Cadillac at suns[Gm]et slowing d[Ab]own
For an[Bb]other look at that [F]border town

[Outro 1]
[C][F][Bb][C][F][Bb][C][F]
[Bb][C][F]