Gringo Honeymoon Chords & Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

[VERSE 1]
[D]We were standing on a mountain top [Em]
[G]Where the cactus flowers grow
[D]I was wishing that the w[Em]orld would stop
[G]When you said "We'd better go"
[D]We took a row boat across the [Em]Rio Grande
[G]Captain Pablo was our g[D]uide
For two dollars in a [C]weathered hand
[G]He rowed us to the other side [D]

[CHORUS 1]
[A]We were dreaming like
[Bm]The end was not in sight
[G]And we dreamed all afternoon [D]
[A]We asked the world to wait
[Bm]So we could celebrate
[G]A gringo honeymoon

[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]

[VERSE 2]
[D]We stepped out onto the golden[Em] sand
[G]The sun was high and burning down[D]
[D]Rented donkeys from an o[Em]ld blind man
[G]Saddled up and rode to town [D]
[D]Tied our donkeys to an [Em]Ironwood tree
[G]By the stream where children play [D]
[D]We went in the first place [C]we could see
[G]Serving cold beer in the shade [D]

[CHORUS 2]
[A]We were drinking like
[Bm]The end was not in sight
[G]And we drank all afterno[D]on
[A]We asked the world to wait
[Bm]So we could celebrate
[G]A gringo honeymoon

[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]

[VERSE 3]
[D]Met a cowboy who said that he[Em]
[G]Was running from the D.E.A[D]
[D]He left his home, wife, and famil[Em]y
[G]When he made his get away[D]
[D]We'd followed him on down a street of d[Em]ust
[G]To his run-down, one-room shack [D]
[D]He blew a smoke ring and he s[C]miled at us
[G]"I ain't never goin' bac[D]k"

[CHORUS 3]
[A]We were flying like
[Bm]The end was not in sight
[G]And we soared that afternoon[D]
[A]We asked the world to wait
[Bm]So we could celebrate
[G]A gringo honeymoon

[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]

[VERSE 4]
[D]He said "There's one last place that [Em]you should go"
[G]He took us to the town's best b[D]ar
[D]He knew a crusty cabal[Em]lero
[G]Who played an old gut-string guitar[D]
[D]And he sang like Marty Ro[Em]bbins could
[G]Played like no one I'v[D]e known
[D]For a while we knew that l[C]ife was good
[G]It was ours to take back home

[CHORUS 2]
[A]We were singing like
[Bm]The end was not in sight
[G]And we sang all after[D]noon
[A]We asked the world to wait
[Bm]So we could celebrate
[G]A gringo honeymoon

[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]

[OUTRO]
[D]We were standing on a m[Em]ountain top
[G]Where the cactus flowers gro[D]w
[D]I was wishing that the w[Em]orld would stop
[G]When you said we'd better go[D]

[D] [Dsus4] [D]