---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexican Home - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Sweet Revenge Year: 1973 Intro: CFCFCGC CFCFCGC F It got so hot, last night, I swear C F You couldnt hardly breathe C G C Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol C F I sat on the porch without my shoes C F And I watched the cars roll by C As the headlights raced G C To the corner of the kitchen wall. Chorus: F C Mama dear Your boy is here G C Far across the sea F C Waiting for That sacred core G That burns inside of me C And I feel a storm F All wet and warm C F Not ten miles away C G C Approaching My mexican home. (Repeat Intro) C F My god! I cried, its so hot inside C F You could die in the living room C Take the fan from the window G C Prop the door back with a broom C F The cuckoo clock has died of shock C F And the windows feel no pane C G C The airs as still As the throttle on a funeral train. (Chorus) (Reapeat Intro) C F My father died on the porch outside C F On an august afternoon C I sipped bourbon and cried G C With a friend by the light of the moon C F So its hurry! hurry! step right up C F Its a matter of life or death C The sun is going down G C And the moon is just holding its breath. (Chorus)