Mexican Money

1989, Arista Records Submitted by: Christopher R. Intro I been (G) workin' on the boats in Galveston Bay Holdin' (C) on to what I can, when I (D) draw my pay I (G) love a girl south of the Rio Grande Been (C) savin' up to take her to the (D) promise land (Em) (C) Bring her to the (D) promise (G) land Well I (G) got a few hundered, but it ain't too much Com(C)pared to just a smile from the (D) one I love So (G) when I got a letter, said she missed her man I (C) knew I was gonna have to (D) change my plans (Em) (C) Gonna have to (D) change my (G) plans I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney (F) Mexican (C) money is (G) what I (C) need I'm gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey (F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me Repeat Intro Well, I (G) left her standin' down in the ocean breeze Promised (C) I would build a life for (D) her and me But, (G) I can't get ahead no matter how I try (C) Think it's time that I was tellin' (D) Texas goodbye (Em) (C) Tellin' old (D) Texas good(G)bye So (G) tonight I'm headin' down to the borderline Takin' (C) what I can, leavin' the (D) rest behind As (G) long as I've got her, there's one thing I know I'll (C) be the richest man in (D) Mexico (Em) (C) Richest man in (D) Mexic(G)o I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney (F) Mexican (C) money that's (G) what I (C) need Gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey (F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney (F) Mexican (C) money that's (G) what I (C) need I'm gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey (F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me Outro (variation of intro)