Written by Thomas George Russell
Intro D Em A Dverse 1 A D Say goodbye to those Mexican women down at The H&H Car Wash Café A D All their huevos rancheros and that red enchilada plate G F#m Where a mountain lion walked in one day, so thirsty for water, they say Em A D But the cops took him down inside the car wash front gateA D Adios, my friend, we're leaving El Paso A D All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told G F#m We're heading up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto Em A D On the trail of the conquistadores towards the Santa Fe sunInterlude D Em A D verse 2 A D Remember that old cowboy song about Rosa's Cantina? A D Around the jukebox at Rosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it long G F#m Staring up at Mt. Cristo Rey where the cowboy rode down to his fate Em A D To die in the arms of Felina, man, that was a hell of a songA D So it's, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso A D All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told G F#m We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto Em A D Following the conquistadores to the Santa Fe sunOutro D Em A x2 DA D So it's, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso A D All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told G F#m We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto Em A D On the trail of the conquistadores toward the Santa Fe sun Em A D Following the dry, old Rio Bravo towards the Santa Fe sun
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