A               D
Last night it got so hot, I swear
A               D
Couldn't hardly breathe
         A                   E
And heat lightning burnt the sky
         A       E7
Like alcohol
  A                    D
I sat on the porch without my shoes
      A                     D
And I watched the clouds roll by
       A
As the headlights raced
       E                     A
To the corner of the kitchen wall
D               A
Mama dear, your boy is here
D              A
Far across the sea
D                 A
Looking for that sacred core
    E7               E
That burns inside of me
      A
And I feel a storm
     D
All wet and warm
     A        D
Not ten miles away
     A          E      A
Approaching my Mexican home
     A                      D
Oh my God, I cried, it's so hot inside
          A                  D
You could die in your living room
         A
Take a fan from the window
         E                A          E7
Prop the door back with a broom
    A                D
And the cuckoo clock has died of shock
        A                D
And the windows feel no pane
    A
The air's as still
        E                    A
As the throttle of a funeral train
D               A
Mama dear, your boy is here
D              A
Far across the sea
D                A
Looking for that sacred core
     E7              E
That burns inside of me
      A
And I feel the storm
      D
And it's wet and warm
    A          D
Not ten miles away
   A             E     A
Approaching my Mexican home

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       A                  D
And my father died on the porch outside
       A              D
Was an August afternoon
        A
I drank Bourbon and cried
       E                           A        E7
With a friend by the light and the moon
       A              D
So it's hurry, hurry, step right up
       A                    D
It's a matter of life or death
       A
Oh, the sun is going down
        E                        A
And the moon is just holding its breath
D               A
Mama dear, your boy is here
D              A
Far across the sea
D                A
Looking for that sacred core
     E7              E
That burns inside of me
      A
When I feel a storm
         D
And it's wet and warm
   A          D
Not ten miles away
  A             E      A      E7
Approaching my Mexican home
  A              E     A      E7
Approaching my Mexican home
  A              E     A
Approaching my Mexican home