Mexico

The Refreshments

  • A
  • B
  • C#m
    4
  • E
  • F#m
Continues after the ad
Key: 
from David Cushman, 
http://*~dcushman/*


Intro1:
Strummed wildly with brass in 
background


  E          A         E    A     
E-4--5--7----9---7--5--4----9---7-
B-5--7--9----10--9--7--5----10--9-
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
      C#m   A  B  E
E|-5--4--5--7--5--4---| 
B|-7--5--7--9--7--5---| 
G|--------------------| 
D|--------------------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 


Verse:

E|---------0---------------------
B|--------------0-----0----------
G|------1----------1-------------
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-0---------------------0-------

E|0---------0---------0-------------| 
B|-----0----0---------0----0-----0--| 
G|----------------------------1-----| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|-------------0--------------------| 


E|---------------5----------------
B|------x--5--------5-------------
G|------x--6-----------4b~r-\2----
D|-7----x--7--------------------4-
A|-7----x--7----------------------
E|-5------------------------------

E|-------------------4--4----4--4--|
B|----------4-h-5----5--5----5--4-h|
G|-2-----2--6--------6--6----6--6--|
D|----4-----6--------6--6----6--6--|
A|----------4--------4--4----4--4--|
E|---------------------------------|


E|------4--4--------------------
B|-5----5--5-------4----x--4----
G|------6--6----4--4----x--4----
D|------6--6----4--4----x--4----
A|------4--4----2--2------------
E|------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------| 
B|----------4------------------------| 
G|----------4------------------------| 
D|4h6p4-----4------------------------| 
A|-------7------7----7--6--4--2--2---| 
E|-------------------------------0---| 


E|--0---------------0-------------
B|--0------0--------0-------------
G|--1------1--------1------2--2---
D|----------------------------2---
A|----------------------------0---
E|------------0-------------------

E|--------------5------------------|
B|--2--2----2------5---------------|
G|--2--2----2---------4b~r-2-----2-|
D|--2--2----2-----------------4----|
A|--0--0----0----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


E|-4--------4--4--4----4--4--4----
B|-4-h-5----5--5--5----5--4--5----
G|-6--------6--6--6----6--6--6----
D|-6--------6--6--6----6--6--6----
A|-4--------4--4--4----4--4--4----
E|--------------------------------

E|4--4--4----4\--------------------|
B|5--5--5----5\---------4----------|
G|6--6--6----6\-4-------4----------|
D|6--6--6----6\-4-------4----4h6p4-|
A|4--4--4----4\-2---/6-------------|
E|---------------------------------|


E|-------------------------| 
B|----4--------------------| 
G|----4--------------------| 
D|----4--------------------| 
A|-7------7----7--6--4--2--| 
E|-------------------------| 



E                             A

             C#m
I just can't help myself

                   B
I lost my old lady

Got my lures, got my bobbers, now 
I'm gonna go

E
Got off in the wrong direction

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A
Found a hooker and lost my erection

     C#m                           
So I had to lie in the letter to 

            B
the boys back home



Chorus:

E|-------------------------------
B|---------2-----2-------2-------
G|-2----x--2-----2--2----2--2----
D|-2----x--2-----2--2----2--2----
A|-0----x--0--------0-------0----
E|-------------------------------

E|----------------------------------| 
B|-------------9--------------------| 
G|----------------9----4--------4---| 
D|2---------9----------4--------4---| 
A|2--2-/-7-------------2---0/2--2---| 
E|0---------------------------------| 


E|--------------------------------
B|-------------------------x--2---
G|------4-----2----x--2----x--2---
D|------4-----2----x--2----x--2---
A|-0/2--2--2--0----x--0-----------
E|--------------------------------

E|--------------------2------------|
B|-2----2-------------2----2-----2-|
G|-2----2--------------------------|
D|-2----2----------4----------2----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-----------0--2------------------|


E|---------0-----0-0-0---0--0--0--
B|---------0-----0-0-0---0--0--0--
G|---------1-----1-1-1---1--1--1--
D|-2----2--------2-2-2---2--2--2--
A|-2----2--------2-2-2---2--2--2--
E|-0----0--------0-0-0---0--0--0--

E|0--0--0--| 
B|0--0--0--| 
G|1--1--1--| 
D|2--2--2--| 
A|2--2--2--| 
E|0--0--0--| 



                 A
        Well the good guys and the 
bad guys

                        E        
        Well they never work past 

             B
noon around here

                 A              
        They sit side to side in 

                        F#m
cantinas, talk to senoritas

                       E
        And drink warm beer

Intro


E                                 

  A

              C#m
We just can't help ourselves

                       B
We lost our old ladies

Got our lures, got our bobbers, now 
we're gonna go

E
Got off in the wrong direction

A
Found some hookers and lost our 
erections

      C#m                        
So we had to lie in the letter to 

               B
the boys back home

Chorus

Intro


Solo:

E---------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
B|-------------9h10----9h10p9-----
G|-------------9-------9----------
D|---------9----------------------
A|-7-/-9--------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
E|12--------------------------------
B|----12--12b----12-----------------
G|--------11b----11----9-\-6---9----
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
----------------------------------

E|---------|A-E-A-C#m-A-B-E 
E|---------|                
B|---------|                
G|9-/-11---|                
D|---------|                
A|---------|                
---------|                


E|-------------------------------
B|-9---9h10p9--------------------
G|-------------11b----11--9------
D|---------------------------11--
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|------------------12------12------
B|-------x--12h14-------14------14--
G|9------x--------------------------
D|-------x--------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

--------| 
12------| 
----13--| 
--------| 
--------| 
--------| 


E|---------12------12----------
B|-----------------------------
G|-13h14-------14------14--14--
D|-----------------------------
A|-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------

E|------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------17--
G|13\---------------------------------
D|-------------9-------14---16b-------
A|------7-/-9-----/14-----------------
E|------------------------------------

--------| 
--------| 
--------| 
16r--16-| 
--------| 
--------| 


E|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|--------------------13h14--
D|-14------14--14h16---------
A|-----16--------------------
E|---------------------------

E|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|13h14~~~~~-| 
D|-----------| 
A|-----------| 
E|-----------| 


Chorus x2

End with intro
Song details

Composition: Alan Edwards, Jeff Clyne, and P.H. Naffah

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