Down Into Mexico chords by Delbert Mcclinton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

DELBERT McCLINTON "Down Into Mexico"(Cost of living 2005.)

Verse 1:

E minorEm            G+G
There was a casino out in Vegas
E minorEm              G+G
Had a million dollars on the wall
E minorEm             G+G
Got my imagination workin' overtime
 C majorC           E minorEm
I knew I had to have it all
 C majorC           G+G
I knew I had to have it all
E minorEm               G+G
Sherrie was a dancer; she was a schemer
E minorEm              G+G
We came it with a fool-proof plan
E minorEm             G+G
She was workin' it from the inside
 C majorC        E minorEm
I was her getaway man Yeah,
 C majorC        G+G
I was her getaway man

Chorus:

D MajorD            E minorEm
Takin' it deep down into Mexico
      C majorC             E minorEm
No turnin' back once you go down that road
     D MajorD             E minorEm
Just one place for a desperate Desperado to go
    C majorC         E minorEm
Take it deep down into Mexico
    C majorC         G+G
Take it deep down into Mexico

Verse 2:

E minorEm                G+G
It all went smooth and sweet like honey
E minorEm              G+G
We got it all and nobody got hurt
E minorEm                  G+G
Me and Sherrie, we were countin' our money
C majorC               E minorEm
When that gun slide out of her purse
C majorC               G+G
When that gun slide out of her purse

Verse 3:

E minorEm                G+G
That's when she told me 'bout her lover man
E minorEm                   G+G
That's when I knew I was in a terrible mess
E minorEm               G+G
She took the blame; he took the money
C majorC           E minorEm
I took a bullet in my chest
C majorC           G+G
I took a bullet in my chest

chorus X 2:

D MajorD            E minorEm
Takin' it deep down into Mexico
      C majorC             E minorEm
No turnin' back once you go down that road
     D MajorD             E minorEm
Just one place for a desperate Desperado to go
    C majorC         E minorEm
Take it deep down into Mexico
    C majorC         G+G
Take it deep down into Mexico

E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G to fade out





Ecited by Ted Theodore