Mexican Home Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Last [A]night it got so [D]hot, I swear
[A]Couldn't hardly [D]breathe
And heat [A]lightning burnt the [E]sky
Like alco[A]hol [E7]
I [A]sat on the porch with[D]out my shoes
And I [A]watched the clouds rol[D]l by
As the [A]headlights raced
To the [E]corner of the kitchen [A]wall
[D]Mama dear, your [A]boy is here
[D]Far across the [A]sea
[D]Looking for that s[A]acred core
That[E7] burns inside of [E]me
And I [A]feel a storm
All w[D]et and warm
Not t[A]en miles [D]away
Appro[A]aching my M[E]exican [A]home
Oh my[A] God, I cried, it's so [D]hot inside
You could [A]die in your living [D]room
Take a fa[A]n from the window
Prop the [E]door back with a [A]broom [E7]
And [A]the cuckoo clock [D]has died of shock
And the [A]windows feel no p[D]ane
The [A]air's as still
As the t[E]hrottle of a funeral [A]train
[D]Mama dear, your [A]boy is here
[D]Far across the [A]sea
[D]Looking for that [A]sacred core
That [E7]burns inside of [E]me
And I [A]feel the storm
And it[D]'s wet and warm
Not [A]ten miles a[D]way
App[A]roaching my Me[E]xican [A]home

[A] - [D] - [A] - D - [A] - [E] - [A] x2

And my [A]father died on the [D]porch outside
Was an [A]August afternoo[D]n
I drank [A]Bourbon and cried
With a [E]friend by the light and the [A]moon [E7]
So it's[A] hurry, hurry, [D]step right up
It's a [A]matter of life or dea[D]th
Oh, the[A] sun is going down
And the [E]moon is just holding its [A]breath
[D]Mama dear, your [A]boy is here
[D]Far across the [A]sea
[D]Looking for that [A]sacred core
That [E7]burns inside of [E]me
When I[A] feel a storm
And it's [D]wet and warm
Not[A] ten miles [D]away
Ap[A]proaching my M[E]exican [A]home [E7]
Ap[A]proaching my Me[E]xican [A]home [E7]
Ap[A]proaching my Me[E]xican [A]home