My New Life Is Waiting 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[A]rm
[A]It's all somebody needs to [F#m]make it through the land
[E]Walk the night, travel light, c[D]ross the Rio Gr[A]ande
[F#m]Someone strums a ma[D]ndolin, s[A]oft gulf breezes b[E]low
[A]My new life is w[D]aiting [E]in old Mexi[A]co

[A]I was once a married man li[F#m]vin' 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 Car[D]oline, wa[A]tching me from down b[E]elow
[A]My new life is wai[D]ting [E]in old Mexi[A]co

[F#m]Livin' in the sha[D]dows
[F#m]Runnin' from my fa[D]me
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 t[F#m]own of Eagle Pass
[E]Moments from my freedom warm wh[D]iskey in my gl[A]ass
[A]Some boracho took me for the m[F#m]an 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 s[D]hot h[A]e was just too sl[E]ow
[A]My new life is wa[D]iting i[E]n old Mexic[A]o
[A]I hear of hidden harbors s[F#m]outh of Mazatlan
Where[E] cool spring mountain waters
meet the w[D]arm Pacific s[A]un
[A]I praythe miles I've traveled and a[F#m]ll the sins I bear
[E]Burn away like mornin' fog and v[D]anish in the a[A]ir
[F#m]Miles beyond the border n[D]ow, b[A]ut many miles to [E]go
[A]My new life is wai[D]ting i[E]n old Mexic[A]o

[A]My new life is wai[D]ting i[E]n old Mexic[A]o