2 acessos
Bm [Verse 1] Bm G Isabel and her brown skin shined like a sapphire in the summer sun D A The pride and joy of a Mexican lawman who lived by the gun Bm G He got cross ways with the cartel they shot down his only son Jose D A So in fear of his daughter's life he packed their bags and late one night she heard him say [Chorus] G Bm I hear the grass is greener just beyond that Laredo border line A Bm Bm A They say freedom is much sweeter than sweet blood red sangria wine G Bm South Texas looks like heaven when you're down here in this living hell A G So come on let's cross that Rio, the coast is clear Isabel Bm Bm A The coast is clear Isabel [Verse 2] Bm G They came across our homestead tired and hungry, cold and moving slow D A We had fence to build a warm place to stay and they had nowhere to go Bm G So I worked cattle with her father we were stretching wire and driving post all day D A While Isabel worked with my mother and late at night I held her tight and she'd take my breath away [Chorus] G Bm I hear the grass is greener just beyond that Laredo border line A Bm Bm A They say freedom is much sweeter than sweet blood red sangria wine G Bm South Texas looks like heaven when you're down here in this living hell A G So come on let's cross that Rio, the coast is clear Isabel Bm Bm A The coast is clear Isabel [Solo] Bm G D A [Verse 3] Bm G The sheriff came across her father they treated him like an outlaw on the run D A And Isabel now wears my diamond and that little boy she holds is my son Bm G We got a green card for her father Mariano but it came two years too late D A We got word that he'd been gunned down in a border town shot in the back The last thing they heard him say [Outro] G Bm I hear the grass is greener just beyond that Laredo border line A Bm Bm A And they say that freedom is much sweeter than sweet blood red sangria wine G Bm South Texas looks like heaven when you're down here in this living hell A G So come on let's cross that Rio, the coast is clear Isabel G The coast is clear Isabel G The coast is clear Isabel Bm Clear Isabel Bm Clear Isabel