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Down In Mexico by The Coasters - Guitar Chords

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            Down In Mexico:The Coasters.
#8 on R&B Charts on ATCO Records
in 1956.

INTRO: 
E          Em         Am         E
Ahhhhh.....Ahhhhh.....ahhhhh.....Ahhhhh...
  E      B        E        B
..ahhhh..ahhhhhh..ahhhh....aahhhh..

#1.
Em
Down in Mexicali, there's a crazy little place 

that I know.

Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce 
        B
and the boss is a cat named Joe.

CHORUS:
           Em
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna in a 
Am                  Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
   B       Em                 Am
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache in a 
                    Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

#2.
Em
Well, the first time that I saw him he was sittin' 
     E
on a piano stool.
         Em
I said, "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?"
        B
He just winked his eye and said, "Man, be cool."

CHORUS:
           Em
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna in a 
Am                  Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
   B       Em                 Am
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache in a 
                    Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

#3.
Am                       D    Gbm    C
All of a sudden in walks this chick, Joe starts playing 
     E     D
on a Latin kick.
A          F              Gbm        D     F
Around her waist she wore three fish-nets..she started 
Am               D
dancin' with the castanets.
  A                D         A
I didn't know just what to expect, she threw her arms 
 C        D
around my neck.
A                       D         F         D
We started dancin' all around the floor and then she did 
     Bb      Ab          Eb
this dance I never saw before.

BRIDGE:
    E
So, if you're south of the border, I mean down in Mexico,
        Em
and you wanna get straight, man, don't hesitate.
     B         Am        B
Just look up a cat named Joe.

CHORUS:
   A       Em
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna in a 
Am                  Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
   B       Em                 Am
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache in a 
                    Em
honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

OUTRO:
                     B         E                      B
Yeah, como est usted senorita.-e with me to Mexico City.
                 E                    B
You can get your kicks in Mexico..ah, crazy.-e with me 
B                                     Em
yeah, we can watch the bull fights, together..(Fade.)


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