Artist: Tom Russell
[VERSE 1]
B[A]aby pulled her blue dress on and wa[G]lked out in the n[D/F#]ight
L[A]eft one silk stocking danglin’ f[G]rom the bedside [D/F#]light
I [D]sobered up and called her name j[A]ust before the dawn
I f[G]ollowed footprints through the sand; I kn[A]ew where she had gone
Down The Rio G[G]rande…Down the Rio Gr[A]ande.
[VERSE 2]
Pu[A]lled out of Albuquerque, m[G]ust have been past [D/F#]8:00
[A]Four cups of coffee and I [G]hit the In[D/F#]terstate
[D]Rolling through Las Cruces, I th[A]ought I saw her car
She alw[G]ays said she’d go someday, she n[A]ever said how far
Down The Rio G[G]rande, Down The Rio Gr[A]ande
[CHORUS]
M[D]aybe she’s in Br[G]ownsville; she’s g[A]ot some family there
S[D]he always ta[G]lked about the sa[A]lty Gulf Coast air
Where the river e[G]nds, Down The Rio G[A]rande
[VERSE 3]
S[A]aw an old grey heron flyin’ so[G]uth against the [D/F#]wind
[A]Storm clouds over Juarez rollin’ d[G]own to the Big [D/F#]Bend
I ca[D]lled her name in Esperanza’s d[A]usty desert rain
But w[G]ho knows what the hell I’d say if [A]I found her again
On the Rio G[G]rande…On the Rio Gr[A]ande
[VERSE 4]
Tu[A]rned south on highway 90, sk[G]ies began to [D/F#]clear
[A]Black mountains out ahead red [G]sundown rearview [D/F#]mirror
Ha[D]unted by her dark wet skin, m[A]ovin’ next to mine
I s[G]wore that things would change if I could ho[A]ld her one more time
On the Rio Gra[G]nde…On the Rio G[A]rande
[CHORUS]
[D]Maybe she’s in B[G]rownsville; she’s [A]got some family there
S[D]he always ta[G]lked about the sa[A]lty Gulf Coast air
Where the river e[G]nds, Down The Rio G[A]rande
[VERSE 5]
Bo[A]ught a bottle in Del Rio I pu[G]lled out off the [D/F#]road
[A]Spent the night a starin’ at the l[G]ights of M[D/F#]exico
I wal[D]ked down to border bridge ar[A]ound the break of day
I th[G]rew that empty bottle off and w[A]atched it float away
Down the Rio Gr[G]ande… Down the Rio G[A]rande.
[VERSE 6]
[D]Now I’m on my way to B[G]rownsville in the G[A]ulf of Mexico
[D]Just like that empty b[G]ottle I may s[A]ink or else I’ll flow
To the rivers [G]end …Down the Rio Gra[A]nde
[VERSE 7]
B[A]aby pulled her blue dress on and wa[G]lked out in the [D/F#]night
Down the Rio G[G]rande… Down the Rio G[A]rande
B[A]aby pulled her blue dress on and wa[G]lked out in the n[D/F#]ight
L[A]eft one silk stocking danglin’ f[G]rom the bedside [D/F#]light
I [D]sobered up and called her name j[A]ust before the dawn
I f[G]ollowed footprints through the sand; I kn[A]ew where she had gone
Down The Rio G[G]rande…Down the Rio Gr[A]ande.
[VERSE 2]
Pu[A]lled out of Albuquerque, m[G]ust have been past [D/F#]8:00
[A]Four cups of coffee and I [G]hit the In[D/F#]terstate
[D]Rolling through Las Cruces, I th[A]ought I saw her car
She alw[G]ays said she’d go someday, she n[A]ever said how far
Down The Rio G[G]rande, Down The Rio Gr[A]ande
[CHORUS]
M[D]aybe she’s in Br[G]ownsville; she’s g[A]ot some family there
S[D]he always ta[G]lked about the sa[A]lty Gulf Coast air
Where the river e[G]nds, Down The Rio G[A]rande
[VERSE 3]
S[A]aw an old grey heron flyin’ so[G]uth against the [D/F#]wind
[A]Storm clouds over Juarez rollin’ d[G]own to the Big [D/F#]Bend
I ca[D]lled her name in Esperanza’s d[A]usty desert rain
But w[G]ho knows what the hell I’d say if [A]I found her again
On the Rio G[G]rande…On the Rio Gr[A]ande
[VERSE 4]
Tu[A]rned south on highway 90, sk[G]ies began to [D/F#]clear
[A]Black mountains out ahead red [G]sundown rearview [D/F#]mirror
Ha[D]unted by her dark wet skin, m[A]ovin’ next to mine
I s[G]wore that things would change if I could ho[A]ld her one more time
On the Rio Gra[G]nde…On the Rio G[A]rande
[CHORUS]
[D]Maybe she’s in B[G]rownsville; she’s [A]got some family there
S[D]he always ta[G]lked about the sa[A]lty Gulf Coast air
Where the river e[G]nds, Down The Rio G[A]rande
[VERSE 5]
Bo[A]ught a bottle in Del Rio I pu[G]lled out off the [D/F#]road
[A]Spent the night a starin’ at the l[G]ights of M[D/F#]exico
I wal[D]ked down to border bridge ar[A]ound the break of day
I th[G]rew that empty bottle off and w[A]atched it float away
Down the Rio Gr[G]ande… Down the Rio G[A]rande.
[VERSE 6]
[D]Now I’m on my way to B[G]rownsville in the G[A]ulf of Mexico
[D]Just like that empty b[G]ottle I may s[A]ink or else I’ll flow
To the rivers [G]end …Down the Rio Gra[A]nde
[VERSE 7]
B[A]aby pulled her blue dress on and wa[G]lked out in the [D/F#]night
Down the Rio G[G]rande… Down the Rio G[A]rande
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