Rio Grande Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I guess she put her blue dress on
And [Am]walked out late last night
[C]Left one silk stocking
[Am]Dangling from the bedside light
[Dm]I sobered up and called her name
[F]Just befor[C]e the dawn
[Dm]I saw her footprints in the sand
And [F]knew that she had gone
[Am]Down the Rio Grande.

[Interlude 1]
[C][Dm][F]

[Verse 2]
[C]I pulled out of Albuquerque
[Am]Prayin' I wasn't late
[C]I got a couple cups of coffee
At some [Am]joint off the [Dm]interstate
Passin' through Las Cruces
[F]I swear I saw her car
[Dm]She always said she'd go someday
[F]But never said how far
Down the [C]Rio Grande.
[Dm]

[Verse 3]
Maybe she's in [G]Brownsville
She's [C]got some [G]family [Am]there
[Dm]She was always talki[G]n' ‘bout
The [C]salty Gulf [G]Coast [Am]air
Where [Dm]the river [F]ends
Down the Ri[G]o G[C]rande.

[Interlude 2]
[C][Dm][F]

[Verse 4]
[C]I saw an old grey heron
Flyin' [Am]south against the wind
[C]Storm clouds over Juarez
Rollin' [Am]east to the Big Bend
[Dm]I drove down Highway Ninety
Through a [F]dusty desert wind
I didn't [Dm]know where it would lead me
Or if [F]I'd find her [C]again[F]
Down the [C]Rio Grande.

[Interlude 3]
[C][Dm][F]

[Verse 5]
[C]I lit my last cigarette
As the [Am]sky began to [C]clear
Black mountains up ahead
A red [Am]sundown in my [Dm]mirror
Lost all the border
‘T[C]ween the fu[F]ture
and [C]the past[Dm]
One fading slowly
And the [F]other comin' fast
Down the [C]Rio Grande.

[Verse 6]
[Dm]
Maybe she's in [G]Brownsville
She's [C]got some fam[G]ily [Am]there
[Dm]She was always talki[G]n' ‘bout
The [C]salty [G]gulf coast [Am]air
Where the [Dm]river [C]ends[F]
Down the [C]Rio Grande.

[Interlude 4]
[C][Dm]
[C][Dm][C]
[Dm][F][Dm]

[Verse 7]
I bought a [C]bottle in Del Rio
And I [Am]parked on the side of [C]the road
I stayed up all night
Starin' at [Am]the lights of Mexico
And [Dm]I walked down to border [C]bridge
[Csus4]At the break [C]of day
And [Dm]I threw that empty bottle off
And I [F]watched it float [C]away
[Dm]Down the Rio G[G]rande.
[C]

[Verse 8]
[Dm]
Maybe she's in [G]Brownsville
She's [C]got some [G]family [Am]there
[Dm]She was always talki[G]n ‘bout
The [C]salty gulf [G]coast [Am]air
Where the river [Dm]ends[F]
Down the [C]Rio [Dm]Grande[F][C]
Where the river [Dm]ends.

[Outro 1]
[Dm][F][C][Dm][F]