Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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pardon there stranger
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You look like you're new to this town
We're a long way away
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from the beach here
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You won't see many gringos around
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Well I come from West Colorado
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I've lived for some years in the shadows
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And my eyes are unused to this light
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If you buy me a strong drink of whiskey
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I will tell you the tale of my life
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It's long and it's sad but it fits me
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And it may bring a tear to your eye
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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All the men of my family were solidiers
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The hard fightin' straight talkin' kind
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When my turn came all that was over
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But I'd already made up my mind
I was there when we blew
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though Grenada
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And I still have to ask myself why
Then we took down that fool
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Noriega
That's where I caught the
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Well he asked me if I loved my country
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And before I had time to reply
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He regaled me with tales of past glories
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I believed every one of his lies
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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So I left my old life behind me
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Turned my back on my family and friends
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And I did everything that they asked me
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And I lost some sleep now and again
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And I lived like a thief and assassin
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I smuggled their poisons sometimes
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Until I asked the wrong
question in passin'
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Verse 4
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And the colonel himself dropped the dime
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So if you're ever in west Colorado
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Tell the folks in Durango
There's a price on my
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head and I can't go
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So I'll just wait around here 'til I die
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