Run For The Border Chords
Run For The Border by Johnny Rodriguez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
A hundred dollars over the border
G7
A thousand miles out of my mind
Oh what was I thinking
C
Thinking I could drink all that Mexican wine
And who in the world is this woman
F
I've never seen her before
C
But I've got a feeling that she's got a husband
G7 C
Someone just kicked down the door
G7
Better run for the border
C
He's never gonna understand
F
Better find a place to hide
G7 C
On the other side of the Rio Grande
Jose he's tall dark and handsome
G7
She said as she reached for her cloths
But he's mean as a snake
C
When his woman you take right from under his nose
I said this is a great time to tell me
F
She said I thought he was in jail
C
Well I'm Jose's wife Jose's got a knife
G7 C
And Jose is hot on your trail
G7
Better run for the border
C
Jose he is a dangerous man
F
Better find a place to hide
G7 C
On the other side of the Rio Grande
So I ran through the streets of Laredo
G7
Naked as the day I was born
People were staring and clapping
C
And laughing and honking their horns
As I passed a church on the corner
F
I thought about stopping to pray
C
Then a voice from the blue said I'll watch over you
G7 C
But we'd better stay ahead of Jose
G7
Better run for the border
C
Jose he is a dangerous man
F
Better find a place to hide
G7 C
On the other side of the Rio Grande
G7
Better run for the border
C
Jose will never understand
F
Better find a place to hide
G7 C
On the other side of the Rio Grande