Also, many thanks for maintaining OLGA.  I've used it many times.  This 

is my first submission and I hope to send more.



Mexicali Blues, Grateful Dead



A                                   G    B     Em

Layin' back in an old saloon with a peso in my hand

A                                  D

Watchin' flies and children on the street

      A                                       G      B      Em

And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile

          A                                D

There's a little boy who wants to shine my feet



         G                    B                 Em

And it's three days ride from Bakersfield and I don't know why I came

  A                                D

I guess I came to keep from payin' dues

    G                  B            Em

But instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen

      A

And a damn good case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah



D

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

                        A

When the devil wants to take it all away?



Cherish well your thoughts, keep a tight grip on your booze

                               G(open)      A

'Cuz thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today.



A                                  G       B        Em

She said her name was Billie Jean; she was fresh in town

  A                                 D

I didn't know a stage line ran from hell

        A                              G        B

She had raven hair, a ruffled dress, a necklace made of gold

A                                    D

All the french perfume you'd care to smell



    G            B               Em

She took me up into her room and whispered in my ear

   A                            D

Go on my friend do anything you choose.

        G                B             Em

Now I'm paying for those happy hours I spent there in her arms

       A                                    D

With a lifetime case of the Mexicali Blues, yeah.





D

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

                        A

When the devil wants to take it all away?



Cherish well your thoughts, keep a tight grip on your booze

                               G(open)      A

'Cuz thinkin' and drinkin' are all I have today.





A                               G          B       Em

Then a man rode into town; some thought he was the law

A                               D

Billie Jean was waiting when he came

    A                              G      B      Em

She told me he would take her if I didn't use my gun

    A                             D

And I'd have no one but myself to blame



  G                  B              Em

I went down to those dusty streets; blood was on my mind

  A                                    D

I guess that stranger hadn't heard the news.

     G                B                    Em

"Cuz I shot first and killed him.  Lord he didn't even draw.

       A                                                D

And he made me trade the gallows for the Mexicali Blues.



D

Is there anything a man don't stand to lose

                     A

When he lets a woman hold him in her hand?



You just might find yourself out there on horseback in the dark

                         G(open)            A

Just ridin' and runnin' across those desert sands.





Notes:



I use a strum with a lot of alternating bass - usually 4th and 5th strings -

for the A and D chords.  However, I find that the strumming patterns

vary greatly throughout the song.  Play along with the record to get

the right feel.



I fake the trumpet intro with D chord forms using D, Dsus4 and D9.



The G-B-Em chord progression in some verses sounds best as single emphasized 

strums synchronized to the words (e.g. some THOUGHT he WAS the LAW).



   D      Dsus4       D9       G(open)

 EADGBe   EADGBe    EADGBe   EADGBe   

 xxx232   xxx233    xxx23x   32xxx3  





   A        G        B        Em

 EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe

 xx222x   355433   224442   x22xxx