Tom Russell - Down the rio grande

B^Aaby pulled her blue dress on and wa^Glked out in the n^D/F#ight L^Aeft one silk stocking danglin’ f^Grom the bedside ^D/F#light I ^Dsobered up and called her name j^Aust before the dawn I f^Gollowed footprints through the sand; I kn^Aew where she had gone Down The Rio G^Grande…Down the Rio Gr^Aande.

Pu^Alled out of Albuquerque, m^Gust have been past ^D/F#8:00 ^AFour cups of coffee and I ^Ghit the In^D/F#terstate ^DRolling through Las Cruces, I th^Aought I saw her car She alw^Gays said she’d go someday, she n^Aever said how far Down The Rio G^Grande, Down The Rio Gr^Aande

M^Daybe she’s in Br^Gownsville; she’s g^Aot some family there S^Dhe always ta^Glked about the sa^Alty Gulf Coast air Where the river e^Gnds, Down The Rio G^Arande

S^Aaw an old grey heron flyin’ so^Guth against the ^D/F#wind ^AStorm clouds over Juarez rollin’ d^Gown to the Big ^D/F#Bend I ca^Dlled her name in Esperanza’s d^Austy desert rain But w^Gho knows what the hell I’d say if ^AI found her again On the Rio G^Grande…On the Rio Gr^Aande

Tu^Arned south on highway 90, sk^Gies began to ^D/F#clear ^ABlack mountains out ahead red ^Gsundown rearview ^D/F#mirror Ha^Dunted by her dark wet skin, m^Aovin’ next to mine I s^Gwore that things would change if I could ho^Ald her one more time On the Rio Gra^Gnde…On the Rio G^Arande

^DMaybe she’s in B^Grownsville; she’s ^Agot some family there S^Dhe always ta^Glked about the sa^Alty Gulf Coast air Where the river e^Gnds, Down The Rio G^Arande

Bo^Aught a bottle in Del Rio I pu^Glled out off the ^D/F#road ^ASpent the night a starin’ at the l^Gights of M^D/F#exico I wal^Dked down to border bridge ar^Aound the break of day I th^Grew that empty bottle off and w^Aatched it float away Down the Rio Gr^Gande… Down the Rio G^Arande.

^DNow I’m on my way to B^Grownsville in the G^Aulf of Mexico ^DJust like that empty b^Gottle I may s^Aink or else I’ll flow To the rivers ^Gend …Down the Rio Gra^Ande

B^Aaby pulled her blue dress on and wa^Glked out in the ^D/F#night Down the Rio G^Grande… Down the Rio G^Arande