Hills Of Old Juarez Chords - Tom Russell Band






Here's a little number from Tom Russells Borderland
The Hills of Old Juarez

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(Am) (D) (Em) (Am) (D) (G)

I lost my mind ten years ago
A (Bm)wanderin through the world
Lets (C)cut right to the quick
I met (D)me a dark-eyed girl
I was (G)living in El Paso with a (Bm)woman named Inez
Wed (Am)stare out every evening
At the (C)hills of old Jau(D)rez

(G)Inez shed had a grand daddy whod (Bm)owned the dry good store
Hed (C)climb up on his roof at night and watch (D)Pancho Villas war
Jack (G)Pershing come with silver guns
For (Bm)Villa Granddad said
But (Am)Pancho he went underground in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rollin smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez
Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills
They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death
Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez

Theres (G)gold in them there hills
So said a (Bm)man with a broken tooth
We could (C)run some cocaine powder 
Right on (D)by the customs booth
I was (G)broke I needed money
To (Bm)pacify Inez
So I (Am)started doing business in the (C)hills of old Jau(D)rez
The (G)adrenaline and blood boiled up
Oh (Bm)man aint this a rush
When youre (C)running through the gunfire
And the (D)Okatio brush
My (G)partner was a Tiwa kid (Bm)straight off of the res
But he (Am)ratted me and disappeared in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez
A (G)bullet in my back, a (Bm)bullet in my leg
(C)Bullets flying by my ears they (Am)taught me how to pray
I (G)prayed Id reach the river bank where (Bm)I had left Inez
But I (Am)fell through rock and prickly pear in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rolling smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez
Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills
They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death
Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez

(G) (Bm) (C) (D) (G) (Bm) (Am) (C) (D)

The (G)Narco Trafficante boys
They (Bm)own the borderline
(C)Fat cats up in Washington (D)**** and moan and whine
(G)Im in Huntsville Prison
Im (Bm)dreaming of Inez
Shes (Am)waiting for me there in the (C)hills of old Jua(D)rez

Those (C)rollin smoky (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez
Those (C)god forsaken (G)hills
They will (Bm)lure you to your (C)death
Be(Am)ware the dusty (D)hills of old Jua(Em)rez
Those (Am)god forsaken (D)hills of old Jua(G)rez