Rio Grande Dave Alvin
RIO GRANDE
Dave Alvin - C
[C] I guess she put her blue dress on, and [Am]walked out late last night
[C] Left one silk stocking, dangling [Am]from the bedside light
[Dm] I sobered up and called her name,[F] just before the dawn
[Dm] I saw her footprints in the sand, and [F]knew that she had gone
Down the Rio [C]Grande[Dm] [F]
I pulled out of Albuquerque, prayinâ?? I wasnâ??t late
I got a couple cups of coffee, at some joint off the interstate
Passinâ?? through Las Cruces, I swear I saw her car
She always said sheâ??d go someday, but never said how far
Down the Rio Grande
Chorus
[Dm] Maybe sheâ??s i[G]n Brownsville, sheâ[C]??s got some fam[Am]ily there
[Dm] She was always [G]talkinâ?? â??bout, [C]the salty Gulf Co[Am]ast air
Where the river ends,[Dm] [F]down the Rio [C]Grande[Dm] [F]
I saw an old grey heron, flyinâ?? south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez, rollinâ?? east to the Big Bend
I drove down Highway Ninety, through a dusty desert wind
I didnâ??t know where it would lead me, or if Iâ??d find her again
Down the Rio Grande
I lit my last cigarette, as the sky began to clear
Black mountains up ahead, a red sundown in my mirror
Lost all the border, â??tween the future and the past
One fading slowly, and the other cominâ?? fast
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorus
I bought a bottle in Del Rio, and I parked on the side of the road
I stayed up all night, starinâ?? at the lights of Mexico
And I walked down to border bridge, at the break of day
And I threw that empty bottle off, and I watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande
Repeat Chorusâ?¦Where the river ends
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