Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Father says head down

 We don't want them finding you

Mother says practice now

 All the words you know

 Oh, Arizona's burning

 They say the fence turned round

 Now the razor wire keeps us out

Mother says with luck

 We'll sleep under a roof tonight

Father says in the truck

 We'll be crushed in tight

 Oh, Chicago don't forget me

 As the miles between us grow

 Keep the maple tree carved with the name of my love

 The hills we would sled race down

 Lake Michigan stay endless and painted in sky

Goodbye

Mother says years ago

 The whole world was ours to rule

Father says let it go

 Those days are gone for good

 All the signs read no gringo

 But somehow we'll find our way

 Maybe waiting at dawn by the factory doors

 Sunburnt and bent in the fields

 Hey, don't turn us in

 We'll be silent as the grave

 As time

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 No gringo

 No gringo aqui

 Words as levies against the flood

 Hoy, cerrado

 There's too many to feed

 Room for only our own kind, our own blood

 No gringo, no gringo aqui

 You have stayed in this land for too long

 Tan amargo

 But there's no time to grieve

 You just pack up your things and move on

And move on

 And move on