Playboys of the Southwestern World Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Csus2][D][G][D]
[G][C][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]John Roy was a b[C]oy I knew
[Csus2]Since he [G]was 3 and [D]I was two
[G]Grew up two little hou[C]ses down fro[D]m me
The [G]only bad apples on [C]our family tree
Kinda [G]ripened and rottened in our [D]puberty
[G]Two kindred [C]spirits bound by des[D]tiny
Well now [Em]I was smart but
I [D]lacked ambition
[C]Johnny was wild with [G]no inhibition
[C]Was about like [G]mixin'
[Am]fire and [G]gasol[D]ine

[Verse 2]
And he'd say
[G]Hey [C]Romeo, [G]let's go down [D]to Mexico
[G]Chase senoritas drink [C]ourselves silly
[G]Show them Mexican girls
[D]a couple real hillbillies
Got a [G]pocket full of cash and
that [C]old Ford truck
[G]Fuzzy cat hangin' from
[D]the mirror for luck
Said [C]don't you [G]know all those
[Am]little [G]brown-eyed girls
[D]girls
Want playboys of the [G]south
[C]wes[G]tern[D] wor[G]ld

[Verse 3]
[C]Long[G][D][G]
around [C]our tenth year
We found [G]two airplane tickets
to the hell [D]outta here
Got [G]scholarships to some [C]small
town school [Csus2]in Texas[D]
We learned [G]to drink Sangrias 'til
[C]the dawn's early light
Eat egg[G]s Ranchero's
and throw [D]up all night
[G]And tell those daddy's girls we
[C]were majorin' in [D]the rodeo
Aw but my fa[Em]vorite memory
[D]of school that fall
Was [C]the night John Roy came
runnin' [G]down in the hall
Wearin' [C]nothing but [G]cowboy
[Am]boots and a big [G]somb[D]rero

[Verse 4]
And he was yellin'
[G]Hey [C]Romeo, [G]let's go down to [D]Mexico
[G]Chase senoritas drink [C]ourselves silly
[G]Show them Mexican girls a [D]couple
real hillbillies
[G]Got a pocket full of cash and
that [C]old Ford truck
[G]Fuzzy cat hangin' from
[D]the mirror for luck
Said [C]don't you [G]know all those
[Am]little [G]brown-eyed girls
[D]girls
Want playboys of the [G]south
[C]wes[G]tern[D][G]
world

[Verse 5]
[C]An [G]d I[D] say [Am]we had a
little [Em]change in plans
Like [C]when Paul McCartney
got bus[G]ted in Japan
And I [C]said we got [G]waylaid when we [Am]set
foot [G]on Mexic[D]an [C]soil[G][Bm][D]
You see the bor[G]derman guard
with a fu [C]manchu mus[G]tach
Kinda stumbled on John's pock
[D]etful of American cash
[G]He said "doin' a little funny busi
[C]ness in Mexico [D]Amigo"
But all I could [Em]think about
was savin' my [D]own tail
[C]When he metioned 10 years
in a Mexic[G]an jail
So I [C]pointed at John [G]Roy and said
[Am]It's all his, [G]now plea[D]se let me go,
[C]I mean it was you[G]r idea gen[D]ius
I was just layin' there in bed,

[Verse 6]
when you said
[G]Hey [C]Romeo, let's [G]go [D]down to Mexico
[G]Chase senoritas drink [C]ourselves silly
Show [G]them Mexican girls a [D]couple
real hillbillies
[G]Got a pocket full of cash and
that [C]old Ford truck
Fuzzy [G]cat hangin' from
[D]the mirror for luck
Said [C]don't you [G]know all those
[Am]little [G]brown-eyed girls
[D]girls
Want playboys of [G]the[C]
southwestern [G]world[D]

[Verse 7]
Ah we're still best [G]friends[C]
Temporary [G]cell [D]mates
Whoo
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