The Road To Mexico chords by Dave Sharp

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Am F Am G7
Am D G7 E7 Am


Verse:
Am                      G  C
Crazy days in New York, on Avenue A
G
Somewhere through the streetlights
    Am                        G Am
You could hear the music play
Am                      G C
Everybody's swingin' now
C

They got a change of pace
G                 Am
Candy Carona down in the marketplace


Bridge:
F
Gang men along the bridge
F
Twisted from the start
    E7
Say hold on, you're way off course
Am                  G  F
Now you've gone too far
F
Remember what you started
E7                       G
Ain't it time for you to blow
F
Back to workin' for the dollar
       E7             Am    Am F
On the Road        to Mexico


Verse:
Am                    G     C
Somewhere on Paradise Street
C
With a wing and a prayer
G
It was hard movin' up
       Am                 G    Am
It was harder comin' down there
Am                     Em C
Roads in all directions
C
Divisions by decree
G
That's the way the deals go down
Am
Here on Paradise Street


Bridge:
F
Now some amongst 'em
F
Know just who they are
E7
All gold along the road
E7                   G
You couldn't ask for more
F
But the deaf and the blind and the speechless
E7
You've got to learn to rock and roll
F
If you're lookin' for a better deal
       E7             Am
On the Road        to Mexico


Break:
Am G Am G
Am F Am G
F Bm G Am


Verse:
Am                          G    C
In the shadows and the boulevards
C
The odds were 20 to 1
G           Am
Rockin' Ron could keep the whole thing rollin' along
Am                 G C
Move it to the left
C
Through the bleeding, driving rain
G
If the crew don't make it through
Am                      G F
Nothin' ever be the same


Bridge:
F
One thing worth talkin' about
G
Swear it won't take long
E7
Some days you've got to move
Am                            G
Without a look at the water beyond
F
Along the windin' road
E7
That's how the story goes
F
Take it or leave it
       E7             Am
On the Road        to Mexico


Break:
Am F Am G
F D Dm F
Bm F7 E7 Am


Verse:
Am
Reachin' for the borderline
C
With heart beat so strong
G                   Am
Cold sweat, and a desire to belong
Am                      Em  C
Mixed up in a hurricane like
C
You've never seen before
G
Wasn't much to laugh about
Am   G
Everybody hit the floor


Bridge:
F
Sweet angel of mercy
F
Won't you shine your light
E7
Just around the mountainside
   Am           G
El Paso shinin' bright
F
If'n you be yearnin'
E7
For to ramble and to roam
F
Remember how it all goes down
       E7
On the Road


Outro:
F
Remember how it all goes down
       E7             Am
On the Road to Mexico