F                              C    F C
You were headed for some border town
F                                C    F C
to find a Spanish rose and settle down


G                       
You hitched a ride on a southbound
        F
Mexican wind
F         C      F C
Adios old friend


F                             C  F C
I heard you made it far as El Paso
F                                  C  F C
Those Texas rangers would not let it go


G                            
They tracked you down on the banks
              F
of the Rio Grande
         C      F C
Adios old friend


G                  
Do angels sing for outlaws
F
I   don't know
G                 
But I know outlaws pray
      F
And I pray it's so
    C      F C
Old friend


F                                    C    F C
Outside these bars I hear that mission bell
F                                        C    F C
That hangman waits to send me straight to hell
G                                           F 
For this ain't where I thought our trail would end
F         C      F C
Adios old friend


G                  
Do angels sing for outlaws
F
I   don't know
G                  
But I know outlaws pray
F
And I pray it's so
    C      F C
Old friend

                         C      F
Maybe we'll one day ride again
          C       F
Adios old friend 
          C       F  C
Adios old friend