Rio Grande

Dave Alvin - C C I guess she put her blue dress on Am And walked out late last night C Left one silk stocking Am Dangling from the bedside light Dm I sobered up and called her name F Just before the dawn Dm I saw her footprints in the sand F And knew that she had gone C Fm Down the Rio Grande I pulled out of Albuquerque Prayin I wasnt 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 shed go someday But never said how far Down the Rio Grande Chorus Dm G Maybe shes in Brownsville C Am Shes got some family there Dm G She was always talkin 'bout C Am The salty Gulf Coast air Dm F Where the river ends C Fm 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 didnt know where it would lead me Or if Id 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 watched it float away Down the Rio Grande Repeat Chorus Where the river ends (Thanks to guitargeek1155 for tabs)