| G | Am7 | Bm7 | D9/A |
| → | → |
| C | Bm7 | Am7 | C/E |
| → | → |
Vox on 1 3 5 6 on “Margie said Roy”
| G | D/F# | Fadd9 | C/E |
| Margie said R | oy you ain’t l | istening to | me |
| G | D/F# | F | C/E | F |
| And I’ve got a w | hole lot more to s | ay | → |
| G | D/F# | Fadd9 | C/E |
| Roy just c | rossed the floor and p | icked up his car k | eys |
| Eb | Dsus4 | D | G |
| And she ain’t seen or h | eard from | him to t | his day |
Vox on 6 5 3 2 of the key on “that’s why god made”
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | Dsus4 | G | |
| And t | hat’s w | hy G | od m | ade M | exico |
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | Dsus4 | Bm7/E | |
| A p | lace w | here w | e c | an l | ay low |
| G | G/B | C | Cm | |
| And the C | uervo go | es down n | ice and slow |
| G | Bb | |
| And the w | arm wind blows |
| Am7 | Dsus4 | G |
| That’s why G | od made M | exico |
| G | D/F# | Fadd9 | C/E |
| And Betty fixed J | oe dinner every ni | ght at half past s | ix |
| G | D/F# | Fadd9 | C/E | F |
| Cause that’s when he’d r | oll through that d | oor | → |
| G | D/F# | Fadd9 | C/E |
| For sixteen y | ears and not a th | ank you from his l | ips |
| Eb | Dsus4 | G |
| She don’t f | ix him dinner no m | ore |
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | D9 | G | |
| And t | hat’s w | hy G | od m | ade M | exico |
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | Dsus4 | Bm7/E | |
| A p | lace w | here w | e c | an l | ay low |
| G | G/B | C | Cm | |
| Where the C | uervo go | es down n | ice and slow |
Not a typo, the first verse is “warm wind blows”, this time it’s “warm winds blow”
| G | Bb | |
| And the w | arm winds blow |
| Am7 | Dsus4 | G | C/G | G |
| That’s why G | od made M | exico | → |
Bridge
| Em | A |
| Cause life is sweet in a b | order town |
| D | B7 |
| You learn to let your h | air down |
| C | G/B | Am7 | Dsus4 | G | B7 | |
| And you d | on’t make t | rouble, | you learn to d | ance the fand | ango |
| Em | A |
| You change your name, and you ch | ange your face |
| D | B7 | B7/D# |
| Get used to beans, and c | hili paste |
| C | G/B | Am7 | Dsus4 | G | |
| And you l | earn to l | ive and l | ove life | in the s | low lane |
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | D9 | G | |
| And t | hat’s w | hy G | od m | ade M | exico |
| G6 | D9 | G/B | Am7 | C | Dsus4 | Bm7/E | |
| A p | lace w | here w | e c | an l | ay low |
| G | G/B | C | |
| Maybe M | ontere | y or | Acupulco |
| Cm | G/B | Bb |
| Anywhere the | warm winds blow, | don’t you know |
| Am7 | Dsus4 | B7 | E |
| That’s why G | od made M | exico, | whoa |
| Am7 | Dsus4 |
| That’s why God, made, Mexico |
| G | Am7 | Bm7 | D/A |
| → | → |
| F | C/E | G |
| → | → |