Intro: C   F   Dm Bb C Dm C/E C

Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 
Gringo

Fmaj7               C     Cmaj7
Southern California bound 

Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7
Gringo

Fmaj7                  Ebmaj7
Take a stop and look around 

      F/Eb   Bb/Eb  Bb/D  C/D    Fmaj9
(come and lay your money down) 

Fmaj7                     G/F  Fmaj7
Ain't no banana republic, gringo 

                               Cmaj7
There's oil deep beneath the ground 

Fmaj9                   Gm7
Two or three weeks in Mexico 

Ab            Bb               Fmaj7
And you think you've seen it all 
  
Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 
Gringo

Fmaj7               C     Cmaj7
Stars and stripes out in the cold 

Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 
Gringo

Fmaj7                    Ebmaj7
Here's a hand you can take hold of 

   F/Eb   Bb/Eb  Bb/D  C/D    Fmaj9
(even though we're bought and sold) 

Fmaj7                     G/F  Fmaj7
Drink Coca-Cola says the sign there 

                     Cmaj7
America has made its mark 

Db                               C7sus4   C7
(they said blood is thicker than water) 

Fm9            Gm7           Ab
Something tells me we really oughta 

Bb       F      Fmaj7
Come out of the dark 

Instrumental Break: C/E  F  Gm7  Fmaj7  Bb  Bb/D  C

C                    F        Bb      C  
Night long saxophone in the barrio 

Dm               C
(the chicas will warm you) 

F           Gm7        Am
They can be persuasive gringo 

Bb                  C
With stars in their eyes 

Gsus4           F/G  C/G  G7sus4
Spend a week in Acapulco 

F/G  C/G     G7sus4        F/G  C/G    G7sus4
          No Esperanto needed there 

F/G  C/G   Am                Bb          F
           Lovers are like broken glass 

Bb          Dm C/E C
    They're everywhere 
  
Dm               C
(the chicas will warm you) 

F           Gm7        Am
They can be persuasive gringo 

Bb                  C
With stars in their eyes 

Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 
Gringo

Fmaj7               C     Cmaj7
Think of this before you leave 

Fmaj7   G/F Fmaj7 G/F Fmaj7 
Gringo

Fmaj7                    Ebmaj7
The truth is easy to deceive 

   F/Eb   Bb/Eb  Bb/D  C/D    Fmaj9
(if truth you're ready to receive) 

Fmaj7                     G/F  Fmaj7
Between the open road are your memories 

                     Cmaj7
Tender hearted though they may be 

Db                              C7sus4    C7
(they say blood is thicker than water) 

Db                                  Fm7   Bb
(they say all suffering comes to an end) 

Db                                   C7sus4
(the common saying for friend is "amigo") 

C7    F6
Gringo 

Fm9             Gm7                Ab
Red Cadillac at sunset slowing down 

      Bb                 Bb/F F        C/E  F  Gm7  Fmaj7  Bb  Bb/D
For another look at that border town