RIO GRANDE
Dave Alvin - C
C
I guess she put her blue dress on
Am
And 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 before the dawn
Dm
I saw her footprints in the sand
F
And knew that she had gone
C Dm F
Down the Rio Grande
I pulled out of Albuquerque
Prayin’ I wasn’t late
I got a couple cups of coffee
At some joint off the interstate
Passin’ through Las Cruces
I swear I saw her car
She always said she’d go someday
But never said how far
Down the Rio Grande
Chorus
Dm G
Maybe she’s in Brownsville
C Am
She’s got some family there
Dm G
She was always talkin’ 'bout
C Am
The salty Gulf Coast air
Dm F
Where the river ends
C Dm F
Down the Rio Grande
I saw an old grey heron
Flyin’ south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez
Rollin’ east to the Big Bend
I drove down Highway Ninety
Through a dusty desert wind
I didn’t know where it would lead me
Or if I’d find her again
Down the Rio Grande
I lit my last cigarette
As the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead
A red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border
‘Tween the future and the past
One fading slowly
And the other comin’ fast
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorus
I bought a bottle in Del Rio
And I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night
Starin’ at the lights of Mexico
And I walked down to border bridge
At the break of day
And I threw that empty bottle off
And watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorus
Where the river ends
[Thanks to guitargeek1155 for tabs]
RIO GRANDE
Dave Alvin - C
C
I guess she put her blue dress on
Am
And 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 before the dawn
Dm
I saw her footprints in the sand
F
And knew that she had gone
C Dm F
Down the Rio Grande
I pulled out of Albuquerque
Prayin’ I wasn’t late
I got a couple cups of coffee
At some joint off the interstate
Passin’ through Las Cruces
I swear I saw her car
She always said she’d go someday
But never said how far
Down the Rio Grande
Chorus
Dm G
Maybe she’s in Brownsville
C Am
She’s got some family there
Dm G
She was always talkin’ 'bout
C Am
The salty Gulf Coast air
Dm F
Where the river ends
C Dm F
Down the Rio Grande
I saw an old grey heron
Flyin’ south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez
Rollin’ east to the Big Bend
I drove down Highway Ninety
Through a dusty desert wind
I didn’t know where it would lead me
Or if I’d find her again
Down the Rio Grande
I lit my last cigarette
As the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead
A red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border
‘Tween the future and the past
One fading slowly
And the other comin’ fast
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorus
I bought a bottle in Del Rio
And I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night
Starin’ at the lights of Mexico
And I walked down to border bridge
At the break of day
And I threw that empty bottle off
And watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorus
Where the river ends
[Thanks to guitargeek1155 for tabs]