Mexicali Blues Chords by Grateful Dead

[Intro]

[Verse]
D A D A7                         B7                    
■ ■ ■ Laid back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand
A7       A                     D         
Watching flies and children on the street
A     E                            C                            
And I catch a glimpse of blackeyed girls who giggle when I smile
A                                       D      
There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet
G                                         Em                         
And it's three days ride from Bakersfield and I don't know why I came
A7                          D          
I guess I came to keep from paying dues
G                            Em                    Em7     
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen
A                                         
And a damn good case of the Mexicali blues


[Chorus]
D                                                 
■ Yeah Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
               A7                       
When the devil wants to take it all away
A                                                             
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze
A                                                
'cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today


[Inst]
D A A7 D
■ ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
A                                                  B      
She said her name was Billy Jean and she was fresh in town
A                                       
I didn't know a stage line ran from Hell
A                                                         
She had raven hair a ruffled dress a necklace made of gold
                                           D
All the French perfume you'd care to smell ■
G                            Em                     
She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear
A                           D         
Go on my friend do anything you choose
G                              Em            E        Em      
Now I'm payin' for those happy hours I spent there in her arms
A                                       E     A
With a lifetime's worth of the Mexicali Blues ■


[Chorus]
E  D                                         
Is ■ there anything a man don't stand to lose
                     A                  
When the devil wants to take it all away
E            A                                                
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze
A                                                
'cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today


[Inst]
D A A7 D7
■ ■ ■  ■ 


[Verse]
A7       A                                        E      
And then a man rode into town some thought he was the law
A                           D      
Billy Jean was waiting when he came
A                             A7              Em    
She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun
A7                            A  D    
■  I'd have no one but myself to blame
G                                  Em                  
I went down to those dusty streets blood was on my mind
A                                  D       
I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news
       G                             Em                  E   
'cause ■ I shot first and killed him Lord he didn't even draw


[Chorus]
Em          A                                          
And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues
D                                               
Yeah Is there anything a man don't stand to lose
                             A          
When the devil wants to take it all away
             A                                                
Cherish well your thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze
                    E                  A          D G
'Cause thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today ■ ■


[Outro]

[End]