Rio Grande Tabs & Lyrics by Dave Alvin

Rio Grande

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Dave Alvin

RIO GRANDE
Dave Alvin - C

C Am
I guess she put her blue dress on, and walked out late last night
C Am
Left one silk stocking, dangling from the bedside light
Dm F
I sobered up and called her name, just before the dawn
Dm F

I saw her footprints in the sand, and knew that she had gone
C Dm F
Down the Rio Grande

I pulled out of Albuquerque, prayin� I wasn�t late
I got a couple cups of coffee, at some joint off the interstate
Passin� through Las Cruces, I swear I saw her car
She always said she�d go someday, but never said how far
Down the Rio Grande

Chorus
Dm G C Am
Maybe she�s in Brownsville, she�s got some family there
Dm G C Am
She was always talkin� �bout, the salty Gulf Coast air
Dm F C Dm F
Where the river ends, down the Rio Grande


I saw an old grey heron, flyin� south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez, rollin� east to the Big Bend
I drove down Highway Ninety, through a dusty desert wind
I didn�t know where it would lead me, or if I�d find her again
Down the Rio Grande

I lit my last cigarette, as the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead, a red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border, �tween the future and the past
One fading slowly, and the other comin� fast
Down the Rio Grande

Repeat Chorus

I bought a bottle in Del Rio, and I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night, starin� at the lights of Mexico
And I walked down to border bridge, at the break of day
And I threw that empty bottle off, and I watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande

Repeat Chorus�Where the river ends


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