In Old Mexico chords by Tom Lehrer

Chords with lyrics

In old Mexico
by Tom Lehrer

     D MajorD       FdimFdim  A7A7
When it's fiesta time in Guada-lajara,

Then I long to be back once again
    A9A9+5 D MajorD
In old Mexi-co.
           F# minorF#m
Where we lived for today,
   Am/C   B7B7     E minorEm
Never giving a thought to tomara.
            D MajorD
To the strumming of gui-tars,
          A7A7
In a hundred grubby bars
           D MajorD
I would whisper "te amo."

D7D7    G+G        D MajorD
The mari-achis would sere-nade,
     A7A7                D MajorD
And they would not shut up till they were paid.
D7D7 G+G             D MajorD
We ate, we drank, and we were merry,
      A7A7        D MajorD
And we got typhoid and dysen-tery.

E7E7 A minorAm                  G+G
But best of all, we went to the plaza de toros.
               FF
Now whenever I start feeling morose,
              E7E7  FF
I revive by recalling that scene.
E7E7 A minorAm                    G+G
And names like belmonte, dominguin, and mano-lete,
              FF
If I live to a hundred and eighty,
                E MajorE
I shall never forget what they mean.

A augmentedA GM A augmentedA

ALTERNATE CHORDS BACK AND FORTH FOR THIS SPOKE PART
D MajorD    Eb MajorEb   D MajorD   Eb MajorEb
(for there is surely nothing more beautiful in this

World than the sight of a lone man facing singlehandedly

A augmentedA half a ton of angry pot roast!)

D MajorD      Eb MajorEb
Out came the matador,
  D MajorD       Eb MajorEb
Who must have been potted or
D MajorD      Eb MajorEb             D MajorD  Eb/A D MajorD Eb/A D MajorD Eb/A D MajorD
Slightly in-sane, but who looked rather bored.
           Eb MajorEb
Then the picadors of course,
   D MajorD     Eb MajorEb
Each one on his horse,
 D MajorD     Eb MajorEb            D MajorD  Eb/A  D MajorD  Eb/A  D MajorD  Eb/A
I shouted "ole!" ev'ry time one was gored.

 G+G           D MajorD
I cheered at the bandil-leros' display,
    A7A7           D MajorD
As they stuck the bull in their own clever way,
  G+G          D MajorD    F#m7F#m7 B7B7
For I hadn't had so much fun since the day
  E minorEm      A7A7
My brother's dog rover
    D MajorD  Eb MajorEb
Got run over.

ALTERNATE CHORDS ON THIS SPOKEN PART
D MajorD  Eb MajorEb  D MajorD  Eb MajorEb  D MajorD
(rover was killed by a pontiac. and it was done with

Such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the

Driver both ears and the tail - but I digress.)

  D MajorD     Eb MajorEb
The moment had come,
  D MajorD      Eb MajorEb
I swallowed my gum,
  D MajorD        Eb MajorEb            D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD
We knew there'd be blood on the sand pretty soon.
  D MajorD        Eb MajorEb
The crowd held it's breath,
D MajorD      Eb MajorEb
Hoping that death
   D MajorD      Eb MajorEb          D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Would brighten an otherwise dull after-noon.

D7D7      G+G          D MajorD
At last, the matador did what we wanted him to.
  A7A7            D MajorD
He raised his sword and his aim was true.
D7D7   G+G         D MajorD    B7B7
In that moment of truth I suddenly knew
   E minorEm     A7A7    D MajorD   Eb MajorEb D MajorD A7A7
That someone had stolen my wallet.

A7A7    D MajorD         FdimFdim A7A7
Now it's fiesta time in ak-ron, ohio,
                    A9A9+5  D MajorD
But it's back to old Guadalajara I'm longing to go.
         F# minorF#m      Am/C  B7B7    E minorEm
Far away from the strikes of the A.F. of L. and C.I.O.
          D MajorD
How I wish I could get back
          A7A7
To the land of the wetback,
          C7-5  B7B7
And forget the Alamo,
E minorEm A7A7   D MajorD  Eb MajorEb D MajorD
In old Mexi-co.

SHOUT - Ole!