Spanish Town chords by Garland Jeffreys

Key: G

Intro:

G
Oh Signorita
                        Am
When the evening sun go down
              G
I come to serenade you
      C              Am   N.C.
From another part of town
Am    G    Am


Verse 1:
               G
Rafaella is my mother’s name
                     Am
She loves her Juan Jose
               G
My mother is a matriarch
                   Am
Oh what more can I say
                               G
Together they raised three children
                  Am
Mario, Carmen and Ray
                    G
They live near de Janeiro
                 Am
On Mona da Vinci Bay

Chorus:
                 C        Am
I’m gonna eat my rice and beans
C         Am        C      Am
I’m gonna suck on a chili dog
C   Em      Am
Way down in Spanish Town
C      Em      Am    G    Am
In the Spanish fog


Verse 2:
                         G
Oh I love you to meet my friend Don Juan
                          Am
He loves to play the mandolin
                G
Signoritas they gather ’round’
                                 Am
Cause they think that he’s a Mexican
                   G
But I know so much better
                     Am
I’m holding here the proof
              G
Don Juan is a gringo boy
                        Am
He’s not telling us the truth


Chorus:
                 C        Am
But he loves his rice and beans
C          Am        C      Am
He’s gonna suck on a chili dog
C   Em      Am
Way down in Spanish Town
C    Em      Am
In a Spanish fog


Interlude:
G                               Am
  I love you to meet Margarita


Verse 3:
                 G
Margarita she is calling me
                      Am
And I love to hear my name
                   G
Out the lights and bring on the wine
                  Am
It’s Fiesta time again
                   G
You know I love my Portugal
                            Am
’cause she shows me what to do
                           G
All the roads they lead to Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
                          Am
But they bring me back to you


Chorus:
                    C        Am
She’s gonna eat her rice and beans
C           Am        C      Am
She’s gonna suck on a chili dog
C   Em      Am
Way down in Spanish Town
C      Em      Am
In the Spanish fog


Interlude:
G    Am


Verse 4:
              G
Revolution is in the street
                    Am
I can feel it in my blood
                        G
I can see Allende still crying out
                        Am
But they nip him at the bud
Am
Oh they’re talking in the alleys
   G
Of Old San Juan, Old San Juan
                                Am
All the soldiers gonna walk the trail
                  G
Big sombreros see them everywhere
                Am
Zapata lands in jail


Chorus:
                   C        Am
Ain’t gonna eat no rice and beans
C           Am          C          Am
Ain’t gonna suck on nobody’s chili dog
C   Em      Am
Way down in Spanish Town
C    Em      Am
In a Spanish fog


Outro:
C   Em               Am
Way down in Spanish Town