Steve Earle - The gringos tale

^GBeggin' your pardon there ^Fstran^Cger You look like you're new to this ^Gtown We're a long way away from the ^Fbeach ^Chere You won't see many gringos ^Garound Well I come from West ^FColo^Crado And I've wandered this world far and ^Gwide I've lived for some years in the ^Fsha^Cdows And my eyes are unused to this ^Glight If you buy me a strong drink of ^Fwhis^Ckey I will tell you the tale of my ^Glife It's long and it's sad but it ^Ffits ^Cme And it may bring a tear to your ^Geye

^GAll the men of my family were ^Fsoli^Cdiers The hard fightin' straight talkin' ^Gkind When my turn came all that ^Fwas ^Cover But I'd already made up my ^Gmind I was there when we blew though ^FGre^Cnada And I still have to ask myself ^Gwhy Then we took down that fool ^FNorie^Cga That's where I caught the good colonel's ^Geye Well he asked me if I loved my ^Fcoun^Ctry And before I had time to ^Greply He regaled me with tales of past ^Fglor^Cies I believed every one of his ^Glies

^GSo I left my old life ^Fbehind ^Cme Turned my back on my family and ^Gfriends And I did everything that they ^Fasked ^Cme And I lost some sleep now and ^Gagain And I lived like a thief and ^Fassas^Csin I smuggled their poisons some^Gtimes Until I asked the wrong question in ^Fpass^Cin' ^G

^GAnd the colonel himself dropped ^Fthe ^Cdime So if you're ever in west ^GColorado Tell the folks in Durango ^Fgood^Cbye There's a price on my head and I can't ^Ggo So I'll just wait around here '^Ftil I ^Cdie ^G