My New Life In Old Mexico chords

[A]I crossed the Mississippi, turned s[F#m]outh at San Anton
[E]A bowie knife, a woolen coat, a g[D]rip bag on my [A]arm
[A]It's all somebody needs to m[F#m]ake it through the land
[E]Walk the night, travel light, cr[D]oss the Rio G[A]rande
[F#m]Someone strums a mandol[D]in, s[A]oft gulf breezes bl[E]ow
[A]My new life is w[D]aiting in o[E]ld Mexi[A]co
[A]I was once a married man [F#m]livin' peacefully
[E]Hard to say exactly when the d[D]evil blinded m[A]e
[A]But there was some confusion when my s[F#m]weet wife left this world
[E]Darker times, drunken crimes, a d[D]ead young working g[A]irl
[F#m]Left a jailer there in Ca[D]roline, wat[A]ching me from down [E]below
[A]My new life is w[D]aiting in [E]old Me[A]xico
[F#m]Livin' in the s[D]hadows [F#m] Runnin' from my f[D]ame
Bl[A]owin' where the w[D]ind blows Where [D]no one knows my n[E]ame
[A]In the El Vaquero Bar in the [F#m]town of Eagle Pass
[E]Moments from my freedom warm [D]whiskey in my gl[A]ass
[A]Some boracho took me for the ma[F#m]n who stole his wife
[E]He went for his forty-four as [D]I reached for my k[A]nife
[F#m]He never fired a second [D]shot he was[A] just too sl[E]ow
[A]My new life is w[D]aiting in o[E]ld Mex[A]ico
[A]I hear of hidden harbors s[F#m]outh of Mazatlan
Where[E] cool spring mountain waters meet the warm[D] Pacific s[A]un
[A]I pray the miles I've traveled and [F#m]all the sins I bear
[E]Burn away like mornin' fog and va[D]nish in the ai[A]r
[F#m]Miles beyond the border n[D]ow, but ma[A]ny miles to g[E]o
[A]My new life is [D]waiting in o[E]ld Mex[A]ico
[A]My new life is [D]waiting in o[E]ld Mex[A]ico