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Mexican Guitars - The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
Half Step Tuning (D#G#C#F#A#D#)
Arranged by Jack Cookson (Torn_Asunder)
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Chords used:

Mute/Don't play the strings marked with an 'x'

D   (x00232)
A   (x02220)
G   (320033)
Bm  (x24432)
F#m (244222)
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Intro: D, A, D, A, G

Verse One:
            D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  GYou (320003@1)were an old      friend
     Bm (x24432@1)          GThe (320003@1)kind I could confide in
     D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)      Bm (x24432@1)               GAnd (320003@1)drink    with on random neighbour's porch steps
      Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)     GOur (320003@1)glossy eyes painted portraits of the streets

Repeat Intro

Verse Two:
            D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) GYou (320003@1)were an old    friend
      Bm (x24432@1)            GThat (320003@1)covered up your innocence
      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)                GWith (320003@1)five     tattoos of all the bands you loved in high school
     Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)   GThe (320003@1)ones you said that I had to listen to     all the time

Verse Three:
D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)       DI (xx0232@1)did what I did to get away from this
        Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)            DCause (xx0232@1)everything that's happened has left me a total wreck
           D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)     DAnd (xx0232@1)everything that I do now is meaningless 
        Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)         DSo (xx0232@1)I'm off to wander around the world for a little bit
            F#m (244222@1)                                GWithout (320003@1)one hundred channels with nothing on the TV
           F#m (244222@1)            G (320003@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)the great pessimistic unknown

Chorus:
         G (320003@1)                  DSo (xx0232@1)does anyone know the best way to go?
       A (x02220@1)                              Bm (x24432@1)Which road that I could take to get to Mexico?
       G (320003@1)                   DCause (xx0232@1)I'm so sick of living in this ditch
        A (x02220@1)                  BmWith (x24432@1)only the memory in the back of my head

Outro:
         G (320003@1)                    BmI'm (x24432@1)on cruise control and the radio was on
           G (320003@1)            
Yeah, they were playing that song
                              BmThat (x24432@1)we both learned on our Mexican guitars
          G (320003@1)                   BmI'm (x24432@1)on cruise control and the radio was on
           G (320003@1)They were playing that song
                                     BmThat (x24432@1)we both learned on our Mexican guitars
         G (320003@1)                     BmOn (x24432@1)our Mexican guitars, on our Mexican guitars
         G (320003@1)                     BmOn (x24432@1)our Mexican guitars, on our Mexican guitars
             G (320003@1)  F#mYou (244222@1)were my old friend