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Intro
D Em A D
A D
Adios, my friend, we're leaving El Paso
A D
All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told
G F#m
We're heading up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto
Em A D
On the trail of the conquistadores towards the Santa Fe sun
verse 1
A D
Say goodbye to those Mexican women down at The H&H Car Wash Café
A D
All their huevos rancheros and that red enchilada plate
G F#m
Where a mountain lion walked in one day, so thirsty for water, they say
Em A D
But the cops took him down inside the car wash front gate
A D
So it's, 'Adios, my friends,' we're leaving El Paso
A D
All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told
G F#m
We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto
Em A D
Following the conquistadores to the Santa Fe sun
Interlude
D Em A D
verse 2
A D
Remember that old cowboy song about Rosa's Cantina?
A D
Around the jukebox at Rosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it long
G F#m
Staring up at Mt. Cristo Rey where the cowboy rode down to his fate
Em A D
To die in the arms of Felina, man, that was a hell of a song
A D
So it's, 'Adios, my friends,' we're leaving El Paso
A D
All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told
G F#m
We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto
Em A D
On the trail of the conquistadores toward the Santa Fe sun
Em A D
Following the dry, old Rio Bravo towards the Santa Fe sun
Outro
D Em A x2 D
Written by Thomas George Russell