| intro (which is like the chorus) |
| Bb Eb | Bb Eb F| x4 |
| G | D | Bb | F | |
| Got out of | bed, wasn't | feeling too | good |
| C | Cm | Bb | |
| With my wallet and my | passport, a | new pair of | shoes |
| G | D | Bb | F | |
| The sun is s | hining so I h | ead for the | park |
| C | Cm | Bb | |
| With a bottle of Tequ | ila and a | new pack of | cigarrettes |
| I got a cousin, and she got a friend |
| Who thought that her aunt knew a man who could help |
| At his apartment, I knock on the door |
| He wouldn't come out until he got paid |
| Pre-chorus |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | |
| Now | don't | tell anyb | ody wh | at I | wanna | do |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | Eb | Bb | Eb | |
| If t | hey fi | nd ou | t, y | ou know that they'll | never let me t | hrough |
| Chorus (x2) |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | F | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | F | |
| Cos it's | no fu | n b | eing | an | illegal | alie | n |
| Down at the office had to fill out the forms |
| A pink one, a red one, the colours you choose |
| Up to the counter to see what they think, they said, |
| "It doesn't count, man, it aint written in ink" |
| I don't trust anybody, least not around here, 'cos |
| Chorus (x4) |
| solo |
| Bb | |Ab | | |
| An illegal alien, OK |
| G(no 3rd) | |G(no 3)/C | |G(no 3)/Eb |G(no 3)/D G(no 3)/F | |
| G(no 3rd) | |G(no 3)/C | |G(no 3)/Eb |G(no 3)/D G(no 3)/F | |
| D | G | |
| Consideration | for your fellow man |
| C | D7sus4 | |
| Would not | hurt anybody, | sure fits in with my plan |
| Over the border there lies the promised land |
| Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand |
| Pre-chorus |
| Chorus (x4) |