Tom Russell

Tom Russell - Hills Of Old Juarez guitar chord

Hills of Old Juarez

(Tom Russell)

from Tom Russell’s “Borderland”

tabbed by Mike Berry Mberry9@cs.com

capo 2

(Am) (D) (Em) (Am) (D) (G)

I lost my mind ten years ago

A (Bm)wanderin’ through the world

Let’s (C)cut right to the quick

I met (D)me a dark-eyed girl

I was (G)living in El Paso with a (Bm)woman named Inez

We’d (Am)stare out every evening

At the (C)hills of old Jau(D)rez

(G)Inez she’d had a grand daddy who’d (Bm)owned the dry good store

He’d (C)climb up on his roof at night and watch (D)Pancho Villa’s war

Jack (G)Pershing come with silver guns

“For (Bm)Villa” Granddad said

But (Am)Pancho he went underground in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rollin’ smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez

Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills

They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death

Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez

“There’s (G)gold in them there hills”

So said a (Bm)man with a broken tooth

We could (C)run some cocaine powder

Right on (D)by the custom’s booth

I was (G)broke I needed money

To (Bm)pacify Inez

So I (Am)started doing business in the (C)hills of old Jau(D)rez

The (G)adrenaline and blood boiled up

Oh (Bm)man ain’t this a rush

When you’re (C)running through the gunfire

And the (D)Okatio brush

My (G)partner was a Tiwa kid (Bm)straight off of the ‘res

But he (Am)ratted me and disappeared in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

A (G)bullet in my back, a (Bm)bullet in my leg

(C)Bullets flying by my ears they (Am)taught me how to pray

I (G)prayed I’d reach the river bank where (Bm)I had left Inez

But I (Am)fell through rock and prickly pear in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rolling smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez

Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills

They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death

Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez

(G) (Bm) (C) (D) (G) (Bm) (Am) (C) (D)

The (G)Narco Trafficante boys

They (Bm)own the borderline

(C)Fat cats up in Washington (D)**** and moan and whine

(G)I’m in Huntsville Prison

I’m (Bm)dreaming of Inez

She’s (Am)waiting for me there in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rollin’ smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez

Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills

They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death

Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez

Those (Am)god forsaken (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez

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