mexico
mexico-saucers single, 1970
music and lyrics: grace slick
in d major
lead guitar solo in d major
Intro riff solo in D major F# E D C# B A E|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|--11-9-----------------| D|------12-11-9-11-12----| A|-------------------12--| E|-----------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------5b--------7-5--------------5----| G|--\11-9-7-6-----6-7---7-6-4w------7-6w-7-6-7-6------| D|------------7-7---------------------------------7b--| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|-----5b------------------| B|--7-5--7b-7-5------------| G|--------------7-6-4-6----| D|----------------------7--| A|-------------------------| E|-------------------------| D D/C# D/B D/A G A Owsley and Charlie, twins of the trade come to the poet’s room D D/C# D/B D/A G Talking about the problems of the leaf and yes, it’ll be back A soon Bm D A C#m There used to be tons of golden green coming up here from F# Mexico G F# G A Donde esta la planta, mi amigo, del sol? A G D But Mexico is under the thumb of a man we call Richard A F#m C#m And he’s come to call himself king D But he’s a small headed man A G D and he doesn’t know a thing about how to feel for you Bm How to feel Em For you there are millions of you now D C#m D I mean it’s not as if you are alone Em There are brothers everywhere D C#m D Just waiting for a toke on that gold Em D C#m God knows how far it can go G Em* G You’re famous Uncle Charlie A For your Mexican smoke G Em* G You’re a legend Owsley A For your righteous dope D Em D There were a half a million people on the lawn D Em D And we sang to the faces in the dawn A G A How long will that young race G Em Wait for the jailer’s time to end A G A How long will the panther race G Em Wait for the iron bars to bend F# E D No no no, no no no C#m Bm C#m Nobody wait D xx0232 D/C# x4x232 D/B x20232 D/A x04232 G 320003 A x02220 C#m x46654 F# 244322 Em x799xx Em* 022xxx a special thanks to steve kelsey for the chords to this one.
