No Gringo
Vienna TengVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Father says head down
We don't want them finding you
Mother says practice now
All the words you know
Oh, Arizona's burning
They say the fence turned round
Now the razor wire keeps us out
Mother says with luck
We'll sleep under a roof tonight
Father says in the truck
We'll be crushed in tight
Oh, Chicago don't forget me
As the miles between us grow
Keep the maple tree carved with the name of my love
The hills we would sled race down
Lake Michigan stay endless and painted in sky
Goodbye
Mother says years ago
The whole world was ours to rule
Father says let it go
Those days are gone for good
All the signs read no gringo
But somehow we'll find our way
Maybe waiting at dawn by the factory doors
Sunburnt and bent in the fields
Hey, don't turn us in
We'll be silent as the grave
As time
No gringo
No gringo aqui
Words as levies against the flood
Hoy, cerrado
There's too many to feed
Room for only our own kind, our own blood
No gringo, no gringo aqui
You have stayed in this land for too long
Tan amargo
But there's no time to grieve
You just pack up your things and move on
And move on
And move on
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Readable chord sheet for No Gringo by Vienna Teng
[Am] [C] [Am]Father says head down We don't want them f[C]inding you [Am]Mother says practice now All the words you k[C]now Oh, [Dm]Arizona's b[Am]urning They s[C]ay the fe[G]nce turned ro[F]und Now the razor wire keeps us [Am]out [Am] [C] [Am]Mother says with luck We'll sleep under a r[C]oof tonight [Am]Father says in the truck We'll be crushed in t[C]ight Oh, Chi[Dm]cago don't for[Am]get me As the m[C]iles betw[G]een us g[F]row Keep the m[G]aple tree carved with the n[Am]ame of my love The h[Bb]ills we would s[C]led race d[F]own Lake M[Bb]ichigan s[C]tay e[F]ndless and painted in s[G]ky Goodbye [Am]Mother says years ago The whole world was o[C]urs to rule [Am]Father says let it go Those days are gone for g[C]ood All the s[Dm]igns read no gr[Am]ingo But so[C]mehow we'll f[G]ind our w[F]ay Maybe wa[G]iting at dawn by the f[Am]actory doors S[Bb]unburnt and b[C]ent in the fi[F]elds Hey, d[Bb]on't turn us [C]in We'll be s[F]ilent as the gr[G]ave As t[E]ime [Am] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [G] No g[Am]ringo No g[Dm]ringo a[Am]qui Words as l[F]evies ag[C]ainst the fl[G]ood Hoy, cer[Am]rado There's too m[Dm]any to f[Am]eed Room for o[F]nly our o[C]wn kind, our o[G]wn blood No gr[Am]ingo, no gr[Dm]ingo a[Am]qui You have st[F]ayed in this l[C]and for too l[G]ong Tan am[Am]argo But there's [Dm]no time to gr[Am]ieve You just p[F]ack up your th[C]ings and move [G]on And move on And move on [Am]