Aaron Watson - Vaquero

      [Verse 1]
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This old Mexican cowboy at the bar
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Looked a hundred years old
           C
He had a million dollar smile
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And his withered brown skin shimmered like California gold
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He said, "I'm a little short on cash, but I'm long on life"
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"For a shot of tequila, I'll give you some dang good advice"


[Chorus 1]
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He said, "Don't leave your beer in the hot Texas sun"
        F            G                 Am
"Don't argue with a woman while she's holding a gun"
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"Never cheat when it comes to love or dominoes"
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"Vaya con dios" said the old vaquero


[Verse 2]
          C
Well my heart sank
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The more he drank, the more he poured out his misery
        C             CM9/B
How he lost her after forty seven years
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And his tears started flowing like the Rio Grand-e
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He started speaking in Spanish then he kissed his rosary
            Dm                       G
Said "Por siempre mi amor", his one more to her memory


[Chorus 2]
           F              G           C
He said, "Don't live you life like a sad country song"
     F         G               Am
"A fool on a stool is still a stool, right or wrong"
       F        G              C           F
"Pride is a bandito breaking hearts as he goes"
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"Vaya con dios" said the old vaquero


[Verse 3]
          Am                             Em
I walked over to the corner, turned the old jukebox on
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When I turned back around like a ghost he was gone
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So I paid his tab, called a cab, called it a night
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And came straight home to you
            C             CM9/B               Am7
As we laid there in bed I told you all the things he said
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We laughed, we cried, and I held you the whole night through
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You know I think of him often, out there all alone
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Maybe he was an angel, or just an old man from San Anton


[Chorus 1]
           F                G           C
He said, "Don't leave your beer in the hot Texas sun"
        F             G                 Am
"Don't argue with a woman while she's holding a gun"
         F            G            C        F
"Never cheat when it comes to love or dominoes"
  Dm        G
"Vaya con dios"


[Chorus 2]
           F              G           C
He said, "Don't live you life like a sad country song"
    F          G                Am
"A fool on a stool is still a stool, right or wrong"
        F       G              C           F
"Pride is a bandito breaking hearts as he goes"
  Dm         G
"Vaya con dios"
           Dm       G
He said, "Vaya con dios"


[Outro]
           C      CM9/B        Am7
This old Mexican cowboy at the bar
           G            C  CM9/B  Am7  G
Looked a hundred years old
          C             CM9/B
He had a million dollar smile
                        Am7                G           C
And his withered brown skin shimmered like California gold