Standard Tuning
Chords
A G D A (x2)
-- Verse 1 --
[A]Mama never [G]understood what it's [D]like for a losin [A]man
[A] when her number one [G]son goes bad playing [D]cards with the devils [A]hand
[A]Boy Daddy got real [G]sick so quick four [D]walls never under[A]stand
[A] I was the one who got [G]good with the gun took the [D]money from the rich mans [A]land
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water[D]
gimme some [A]water[G][D][A]
I need a little [A]water[G][D][A]
-- Verse 2 --
[A]Jimmy grew [G]up so fast then he [D]met me at the pass one [A]day
Said you a [A]wanted man take your [G]brothers hand I'll be [D]running with you [A]anyway
so [A]we rode late [G]into the night lightin [D]fires on the desert [A]sand
[A] till one day the [G]posse caught us cause the [D]sherrif always gets his [A]man
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water[G] cuz I [D]killed man on the [A]mexican border
A ( beat only)
cool cool water I need a little water
-- Turnaround --
Oh [D]geez if I could [G]just get [D]loose my [A]hands
I'd [D]run just as [G]fast as my [D]legs [C]can
but [D]lord I [G]got no [D]room to [A]run
[D]shouldn't have done what I [G]did with [D]that there [A]gun
-- Solo --
D G D A (x4)
I hate it (3rd round)
Gimme some wa[A]ter [G] cause I [D]killed a man on the mexican [A]border
A G D (2 hard then stop)
cool cool water
-- Verse 3 --
can't you [A] see that [G]long white rope [D]hanging from the hangmans [A]tree
take a [A]restless horse time my [G]hands of course tell my [D]mother that I'm finally [A]free
let me [A]die like a man no one [G]understands let me [D]pray let a poor man [A]pray
A A (muted)
smack that horse in the ass with my last dying gasp my brother could hear me say
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]killed a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool sweet [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
A G D A (x2)
Chords
A G D A (x2)
-- Verse 1 --
[A]Mama never [G]understood what it's [D]like for a losin [A]man
[A] when her number one [G]son goes bad playing [D]cards with the devils [A]hand
[A]Boy Daddy got real [G]sick so quick four [D]walls never under[A]stand
[A] I was the one who got [G]good with the gun took the [D]money from the rich mans [A]land
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water[D]
gimme some [A]water[G][D][A]
I need a little [A]water[G][D][A]
-- Verse 2 --
[A]Jimmy grew [G]up so fast then he [D]met me at the pass one [A]day
Said you a [A]wanted man take your [G]brothers hand I'll be [D]running with you [A]anyway
so [A]we rode late [G]into the night lightin [D]fires on the desert [A]sand
[A] till one day the [G]posse caught us cause the [D]sherrif always gets his [A]man
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water[G] cuz I [D]killed man on the [A]mexican border
A ( beat only)
cool cool water I need a little water
-- Turnaround --
Oh [D]geez if I could [G]just get [D]loose my [A]hands
I'd [D]run just as [G]fast as my [D]legs [C]can
but [D]lord I [G]got no [D]room to [A]run
[D]shouldn't have done what I [G]did with [D]that there [A]gun
-- Solo --
D G D A (x4)
I hate it (3rd round)
Gimme some wa[A]ter [G] cause I [D]killed a man on the mexican [A]border
A G D (2 hard then stop)
cool cool water
-- Verse 3 --
can't you [A] see that [G]long white rope [D]hanging from the hangmans [A]tree
take a [A]restless horse time my [G]hands of course tell my [D]mother that I'm finally [A]free
let me [A]die like a man no one [G]understands let me [D]pray let a poor man [A]pray
A A (muted)
smack that horse in the ass with my last dying gasp my brother could hear me say
-- Chorus --
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]shot a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool cool [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water [G] cuz I [D]killed a man on the [A]mexican border
[A] cool sweet [G]water [D] gimme some [A]water
A G D A (x2)