Mexican Divorce Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays422

Mexican Divorce by Burt Bacharach is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G, A, Em and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D                           
Down below El Paso lies Juarez  
          Bm                 G             A  
Mexico is different like the travel folder says 
D                                    Bm 
Cross the Rio Grande and you will find  
G            A               G          A       D 
An old adobe house where you leave your past behind  
G                D 
One day married  next day free  
A                 D 
Broken heart for you and me  
G              D               Em  F#m Em   D 
It's a sin for us to get a     Mexican divorce  
D   
I came into this lonely house last night  
                   Bm           G                 A 
I looked out of my window but I couldn't find one light  
   D                            Bm 
I lost you on that road to Mexico  
    G             A          G         A            D 
And now my love I beg darlin please oh please don't go 
G                D 
One day married  next day free  
A                D 
Broken heart for you and me  
G                D               Em F#m  Em  D 
It's no time for us to get a     Mexican divorce  
 
instrumental  
 
G            D             A                   D 
Finding love takes so long walking out well it must be wrong  
G                D 
It's no time for us to get   
  Em  F#m  Em  D 
A Mexican divorce     
G                D 
One day married  next day free  
A                D 
Broken heart for you and me  
G              D               Em F#m  Em   D 
It's a sin for us to get a     Mexican divorce  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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