Mexico City Chords & Lyrics by Jolie Holland
Mexico City
guitar chords lyrics
I found a live recording of Mexico City and followed along
capo on V
chords:
F 133211
C -32010
Am 002210
G 320001
intro: C F
Gm C Am F
Jack and Edie lying across my bed
Gm C Am F
Flying high like the spirits of the dead
C F
The living and the dead
C F
The living and the dead
C Am F
Our Lady of Sorrows and the long dark night
Gm C
How many candles could I light
C F
For the living and the dead
C F G
The living and the dead
C
What's that black smoke rising Jack
Am F G
Is the world on fire
C
What's that distant singing
F
Is it a heavenly choir
C F
The living and the dead
C F
The living and the dead
C Am F
I think about you Jack, watching the tv
G C
And drinking booze
F
Shame on you, shame on me
G C
But how can we help it
F
There was no where else to go
G F
I sent Julie and Billy out on that long hard road
C F
on that long hard road
C F
on that long hard road
F C
I'm just back from Mexico city
Am
I came back north to Texas
F
To rest my weary head
C
My true love is fresh from the battle field
F C Am
Sewing up the dying and carting off the dead
C
My baby don't stand for no fighting
Am F
Amongst the living and the dead
F C Am F G C Am F
F C
What's that black smoke rising Jack
Am F
Is the world on fire
G C
What's that distant singing
Am F
Is it a heavenly choir
C F
The living and the dead (repeat)
C
optional: When switching from C to F and F to C on "living and the dead" take the
on the first fret off for a beat before switching
