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Just Across The Rio Grande
Recorded by Reba McEntire
Written by Don Cook and Chick Rains

C                    Em           C
The lights of Laredo dance on the water 
    F                      C
And shine in a young man's eyes
                             Em        C   F   G7
Who stands on the border and dreams of paradise
     C
He's heard crazy stories of how people live 
F                    D7
Over in the promised land
   C                    Am
He heard they eat three meals a day 
F               G7  C
Just across the Rio Grande

                            Em               C
He's got a wife named Maria and a baby named Rose
    F                          C
And another one to feed on the way
                  Em            C         F    G7
Two willing hands that couldn't find work today
   C                       Em
He stares at the river and curses the future 
F                  D7
That he can't understand
   C                     Am
He knows the child would have a chance 
F               G7  C
Just across the Rio Grande

       G7   C            F               C   G7
It's only a river that’s not so deep and wide
  C               Am               Dm              G7
A boy can throw a stone across and reach the other side
     C         G7    C     F                   D7
It's just some muddy water cuttin' through the land
      C              Am
But a man can make a dream come true 
F               G7  C
Just across the Rio Grande

                     Em           C
The lights of Laredo dance on the water 
    F                      C
And shine in a young man's eyes
                        Em            C   F   G7
Who stand on the border and dreams of paradise
     C                          Am
He's heard crazy stories of how good life is 
F                    D7
Over in the promised land
        C                   Am
And sometimes it seems like God must live 
F               G7  C
Just across the Rio Grande

repeat #3

                        Am
Sometimes it seems like God must live 
F               G7  C
Just across the Rio Grande

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