Brackish Boy chords by Frank Black

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

    G
e|--------------------0----0--|
B|--------------------0----0--|
G|--------------------0----0--|
D|--------------------0----0--|
A|----2----2----------2----2--|
E|--3------3----3--3--3-3--3--|



🎸 Verse 1:
            G     F#  G         B C B
This man he was a Mexican, oh yeah
          G     F#  G         B C B
Adopted into Norwegian, oh yeah
         G    F#  G         B C B
Turned into American, oh yeah
       G      F#  G         B C B
But he felt a Mexican, oh yeah
      G F#  G F# G    B C B
Down Mexico waaaaay

G F# G   B C B

🎸 Verse 2:
          G     F# G          B C B
He had to learn Spanish, oh yeah
         G   F#  G          B C B
He was a walking fish, oh yeah
       G   F#  G       B C B
He was feeling so brackish
        G   F# G         B C B
Between Norwegian and English
      G    F#     G       B C B
He decided it was time to go
            G  F#  G               B C B
To find the people that he did not know
        G       F#  G        B C B
But the road to Mexico, oh yeah
             G             F#        G          B C B
They sure go fast but they should go slow, oh yeah
       G    F#   G   B C B   G F# G
It's a dangerous roooooooad, oh

B C B

🎸 Verse 3:
           G         F#     G   B C B
By now you know that he was fucked
           G       F#     G   B C B
By now you know he had no luck
       G            F#      G F#  G
He was smashed head on by a giant truck
     F#     G
Down Mexico way---ayeee