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


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She was just nineteen and wild, she had a sexy smile 
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And I was twenty-three going on sixteen 
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And the good times we shared together, Lord knows I?ve known no better 
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But I guess you?d a had to met her to know just what I mean  
 
 
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Lubbock couldn?t hold the likes of our love 
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So we took off one night in May 
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We set our sights a just little south of El Paso 
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Made Mexico by the break of day 
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We won some money at the racetrack  
        G5 
And she smiled as she laid back 
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In the back seat of that taxi on the road to chase our dreams 
 
Fiddle Solo 
 

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Well, the town of Seragosa is a poor one  
      C5                      D5  
And a dollar can buy most anything 
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Well, I slipped that judge a wrinkled pair of twenties  
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In exchange for vows and a wedding ring 
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And without any hesitation she signed that wedding declaration 
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And you don?t have to speak Spanish, boys, to know just what that means 
 

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1986 is long forgotten,  
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She and I split up and moved apart 
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But the memories that we shared down in old Mexico 
     C5                     D5 
Will always be alive in my heart 
 
 
Chorus