MEXICAN MONEY
Lee Roy Parnell
(Parnell/Moore)
CD: Lee Roy Parnell
1989, Arista Records
Submitted by: Christopher R.

Intro

I been (G) workin' on the boats in Galveston Bay
Holdin' (C) on to what I can, when I (D) draw my pay
I (G) love a girl south of the Rio Grande
Been (C) savin' up to take her to the (D) promise land
(Em) (C) Bring her to the (D) promise (G) land

Well I (G) got a few hundered, but it ain't too much
Com(C)pared to just a smile from the (D) one I love
So (G) when I got a letter, said she missed her man
I (C) knew I was gonna have to (D) change my plans
(Em) (C) Gonna have to (D) change my (G) plans

I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney
(F) Mexican (C) money is (G) what I (C) need
I'm gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey
(F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me 

Repeat Intro

Well, I (G) left her standin' down in the ocean breeze
Promised (C) I would build a life for (D) her and me
But, (G) I can't get ahead no matter how I try
(C) Think it's time that I was tellin' (D) Texas goodbye
(Em) (C) Tellin' old (D) Texas good(G)bye

So (G) tonight I'm headin' down to the borderline
Takin' (C) what I can, leavin' the (D) rest behind
As (G) long as I've got her, there's one thing I know
I'll (C) be the richest man in (D) Mexico
(Em) (C) Richest man in (D) Mexic(G)o

I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney
(F) Mexican (C) money that's (G) what I (C) need
Gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey
(F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me 
I'm gonna (C) trade my dollars for (F) Mexican mo(C)ney
(F) Mexican (C) money that's (G) what I (C) need
I'm gonna live forever with my (F) Mexican (C) honey
(F) She's there (C) waitin' for (D) me

Outro (variation of intro)