Stays in Mexico    (intro)

 

    G - D - Em - C (4x)

 

    G                            D      - Em                         C     - G - D - Em - C

1.     His name was Steve,         her name was Gina.

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    They met at a bar called the Cabo Wabo Cantina.

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    He was an insurance salesman             from South Dakota.

                       G                   D                     Em          C      - G - D - Em - C

    She was a first grade school teacher, Phoenix Arizona.

 

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    They started dancing and it got real hot,

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    then it spilled over to the parking lot,

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    one more tequila, they were falling in love,

      D                              D7

    one more is never enough.

 

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Don't bite off more than you chew,

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there's things down here, the devil himself wouldn't do.

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Just remember when you let it all go :

           C                                     - D  - - - - - - - G          - D - Em - C 

What happens down in Mexico,       stays in Mexico !

 

+ G - D - Em - C

 

            G                      D                      Em                 C            G -D-Em-C

2. He woke up in the morning and he made a little telephone call.

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    To check on his wife and his kids back at home in Sioux Falls.

           G                              D                - Em          - C             G  -D-Em-C

  She hopped right in the shower with a        heavy,    heavy mind.

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    He knew it was the first time, Gina'd ever crossed that line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

               D                                                    D7

    They walked down to the beach, started drinking again,

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    jumped into the ocean for a        dirty swim.

       D                      D7                    D           D7

    One more margarita, they were falling in love,

      D                              D7

    one more is never enough.

 

   G           D     C                      D

Don't bite off more than you chew,

              G                 D            Am         Em              G

there's things down here, the devil himself wouldn't do.

              D                        Em         C

Just remember when you let it all go :

           C                                     - D  - - - - - - - G       

What happens down in Mexico,       stays in Mexico !

 

+ G - D - Em - C (4x)

 

        D                                 D7

    Waiting at the bar at the terminal gate,

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    she said, “Steve I gotta go, I'm gonna miss my plane.”

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    He said, “One more tequila before you      climb on up!”

                        D                              D7

    She said, “One more is never enough.

 

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+ CHORUS                   Stays in Mexic………..o.

 

       C           G    - D - Em- C        G   D   - Em - C   - G

    Stays in Mexic…………...o.   Mexico.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Toby Keith)