Mexico

Intro 
C run 



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Walker County prison off of highway 45 
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There atands a bewildered warden in an empty cell 
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He'd done 10 years and he had 20 more to go 
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And now he's blazing down through Houston like a bat out of hell 



C 
Oh, the law their comin' after me 
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but I won't go.........I won't go 
C 
They'll have to drag me as a corpse 
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up off the street or out of Mexico 
Bb           C             G 
What say you lay down that gun son 
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You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands 
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I did 10 long years, and I ain't going back again 




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South of 37 off of highway 59 
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Is where that George West sherriff saw him flyin' by 
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He radio'd to Alice said this boy is on the run 
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So tell those guys down in Freer to get their road spikes 



C 
Oh, the laws a comin' after me 
G             C Bb G            C Bb C 
but I won't go........I won't go 
C 
They'll have to drag me as a corpse 
C                          G      C Bb G 
up off the street or out of Mexico 
Bb            C             G 
Why don't you lay down your gun son 
               Bb             C          G 
You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands 
      G       F            C           Bb    G 
I did 10 long years, and I ain't going back again 



 
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Down south of Freer that SUV was doin' flips 
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After the sharpened metal tips had ripped through all four tires 
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He stumbled out and had a shotgun by his side 
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If it came down to hell or prison well you know he'd rather die 



C 
Oh, the laws a comin' after me 
G             C Bb G            C Bb C 
but I won't go........I won't go 
C 
They'll have to drag me as a corpse 
C                          G      C Bb G 
up off the street or out of Mexico 
Bb            C             G 
Why don't you lay down your gun son 
               Bb             C          G 
You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands 
      G       F            C           Bb    G 
I did 10 long years, and I ain't going back again 

C 
Oh, the laws a comin' after me 
G             C Bb G            C Bb C 
but I won't go........I won't go 
C 
They'll have to drag me as a corpse 
C                          G      C Bb G 
up off the street or out of Mexico 
Bb            C             G 
Why don't you lay down your gun son 
               Bb             C          G 
You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands 
      G       F            C           Bb    G 
I did 10 long years, and I ain't going back again 


Outro 
      G          F           C            Bb   G 
Oh I did 10 long years, and I ain't going back again