• Song:

    New Mexico Song

  • Artist:

    Johnny Hobo And The Freight Trains

Thought I'd tab this as the other one's quite difficult to understand, work out 
the muting and strumming patterns for yourselves, it's pretty easy.


Intro 
C G Am F

                       
As he lights an American spirit
       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         
He asks how I can smoke such shit 
   Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)               

C G Am F

I say there's nothing like chaining
   C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)       
G-P-C ciggarettes.
Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)                            
Cuz any smokes will kill ya
    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              
But these will make you feel like it.
     Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)             
I sit back down,
Am (x02210@1)        Con (x32010@1)the parking lot curb
       G (320003@1)            DmAnd (xx0231@1)remember back to February
Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)  The trip to Hartford
G (320003@1)           DmAnd (xx0231@1)five minutes ago
    C (x32010@1)           GHe (320003@1)was passed out on the staircase
       Am (x02210@1)               FTrying (133211@1)to make it to his appartment
C (x32010@1)                   Gbut (320003@1)not making it all the way.
Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1) And now he's driving us
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)                   
100 miles an hour down the interstate
    Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)                  
Another beer in his hand
C (x32010@1)     GSwearin' (320003@1)we won't be late.
Am (x02210@1)                 FThat (133211@1)was before everyone moved to New Mexico.
Am (x02210@1)                          CThey (x32010@1)all left a couple of months ago
Am (x02210@1)            CUntil (x32010@1)the day my friend
Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)   DmWhen (xx0231@1)I sleep on the floor of your van again
       Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)        DmI'll (xx0231@1)be waiting in this parking lot,
Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     Dmand (xx0231@1)in my dreams, I am dirty broke, beautiful, and free.
          Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)  My hands clenched in a fist, and my face in a smile, after hitching to
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)    Ammany (x02210@1)miles.
     C (x32010@1)Not really sure whats played here, I just play C G Am F twice over, which fits nicely.


We aren't revolutionaries,    but we are the revolution.
Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)   Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)       DmAnd (xx0231@1)sometimes I think that the whole movement is just me and you
        Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)             DmAnd (xx0231@1)maybe we'd all be better off if that was true 
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)            DmCuz (xx0231@1)then we'd at least know where we stand
     Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DmAnd (xx0231@1)we could tell our comrades apart from the man
     Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)      Dmcuz (xx0231@1)if the world isn't that simple
     C (x32010@1)            GMaybe (320003@1)this town is at least
Am (x02210@1)                   FAnd (133211@1)if I'm not marching with them for war I'm sure not marching with you for 
     C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)               Fpeace (133211@1)
Class traitor? What fucking ever!
C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)         FI'm (133211@1)just another middle class kid, too.
    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1)         FBut (133211@1)if I'm not good at changing, I'm good at self loathing
     C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)         FSo (133211@1)I'll class hate myself with you.
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)         FMay (133211@1)our only occupation be not having a job
Am (x02210@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)may the only cocktails that we make be molotov
Am (x02210@1)                        CMay (x32010@1)that day be now,      and for as many days after that as we know how
Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm       Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)         DmIt (xx0231@1)starts in this parking lot, 
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)     Dmand (xx0231@1)in my dreams, I am dirty broke beautiful
           Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)        Amand (x02210@1)free. My hands clenched in a fist, and my face in a smile, after 
    C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)       Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                      Ghitching (320003@1)too many miles.
Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)
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