Intro chords: 
G  Em  C  D 
 
G  D             Em   
1986 found me in Lubbock 
    C                     D 
Hub city of the Lone Star state 
           G              D                   Em 
And it was at the airport lounge that I first kissed her 
C                             D 
How the hell was I to know my fate 


        C                           G     
She was just nineteen and wild, she had a sexy smile 
    G                              D 
And I was twenty-three going on sixteen 
        C                                   G 
And the good times we shared together, Lord knows I?ve known no better 
      C                    G          C         D      G 
But I guess you?d a had to met her to know just what I mean  
 
 
G                D                 Em 
Lubbock couldn?t hold the likes of our love 
   C                        D  
So we took off one night in May 
   G                     D                  Em  
We set our sights a just little south of El Paso 
     C                      D 
Made Mexico by the break of day 
            C             
We won some money at the racetrack  
        G 
And she smiled as she laid back 
       C                 G           C       D         G   
In the back seat of that taxi on the road to chase our dreams 
 
Fiddle Solo 
 

          G           D         Em 
Well, the town of Seragosa is a poor one  
      C                      D  
And a dollar can buy most anything 
        G                    D                Em 
Well, I slipped that judge a wrinkled pair of twenties  
     C                             D 
In exchange for vows and a wedding ring 
       C                                   G 
And without any hesitation she signed that wedding declaration 
    C                       G                 C         D         G 
And you don?t have to speak Spanish, boys, to know just what that means 
 

G  D             Em 
1986 is long forgotten,  
C                             D 
She and I split up and moved apart 
        G                D                  Em 
But the memories that we shared down in old Mexico 
     C                     D 
Will always be alive in my heart 
 
 
Chorus