Old Dolores Chords

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[Verse 1]
A Frenchman [G]was having an
argument with an American
about the relative sophistication of their cultures,
and the American said,
as proof that America
was sophisticated,
we're making a motion picture in
America
based on a book which is banned
in France.
And the Frenchman said,
really, what book?
The American says, it's called Peter,
and it's about a 49 -year -old man
who makes love to a 12 -year -old.
The Frenchman said,
really, a 12 -year -old what?
Well, people have found companionship
with very many odd creatures.
[Ab][D][Ab][G]
[C]And among t[G]hem,
the [D]fellow in this [G]song called Old Loris.
Dolores is a town.
In [Em]the[C][D][G][Em][C][D]
valley [G]down be[Em]low
where [D]the [C]little pinions grow,
[Am]And it's never[D] less than
half a day to [G]wa ter,
There used to be a [Em]town
[D]where the [C]crick come [Am]tum bling down,
From the [D]Mesa where it never really [G]ought
The [D]night was bright with candle[G]light,
[D]the whole town joined
the [G]chorus,
and most any man in sight
[Em]let his cann[C]on drift at night
[Am]to m[D]osey to the streets of old
[G]Dolores.[Em][C][Am][D]
[G]
Then things would kind of [Em]spin
till the [C]sun come [Am]up again
Like the [D]back of some old
yellow prairie wag[G]on
And would show up dim and [Em]red
About [C]half a hundred [Am]head
Of our [D]saddle ponies,
standin' reins a [G]-draggin'
Red [D]brick walls and the [G]waterfalls
The [D]whole world lay before [G]us
But the Dolby huts are [Em]gone
[D]And the [C]gold mills in the [Am]dock
Don't [D]tinkle in the streets of Old
[G]Elorz[Em][C][Am][D][Am]
[D][G]
I am the girl who's from Mexico,
[Em]used to wand[C]er to and fro
When [D]I used to meet her by a w[G]illow
[Bm]Well, [G]I guess that any girl
would [D]give a [C]fellow's man a twirl
[Am]When the [D]same has been used
in saddles for a [G]pillar
[Bm]The [D]big cigars, the wide -[Am]eyed s[Bm]tars,
[D]the smiles that waited [G]for us.
Well, if there's any little world
[Em]inside [C]the [Am]gates of hell,
I'll [D]bet the boys have named it
[G]all along.[Em][C][D]
[G]
Thank
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