Artist: Tom Russell
[INTRO]
[Am] [D] [Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[VERSE]
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
[Am] [D] [Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[VERSE]
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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