Intro: G-D-E7-A-D
We went (D)down to Churubusco,
But the (G)devil got there (D)first;
The (A)road was hard, the (D)way was long,
Churu(E7)busco
was far (A)worse.
Pressed (D)in the Union Army
And (G)ordered off to go
Along the southern (D)border
To the (E7)sands
of (A)Mexi(D)co.
Now we (D)come from Cork and Kerry,
That (G)emerald world has (D)past,
My (A)Mary would be (D)pleased to know
I’m
a (E7)praying man at (A)last!
In (D)this distressed country
Little (G)comfort do we know;
My Bible is my (D)road
map
On the (E7)sands of (A)Mexi(D)co.
When the (A)road is cold up yonder,
(A7)I’ll be (D)there, -A-A7-D-F#m-Bm
The (Bm)boys will (E)harmonize
A lovely (E7)Irish (A)air.
Take a (D)message to my (F#)Mary,
She’s the (Bm)one that’s true I (G)know:
When
you saw me I had (D)fallen
On the (E7)sands of (A)Mexi(D)co.
Now the (D)army used us harshly,
We (G)were but trash to (D)them,
Con(A)scripted Irish (D)farmers
Not (E7)first
class soldier (A)men.
They (D)beat us and they banged us,
Mis(G)treated us, you know,
But they couldn’t make
us (D)killers,
On the (E7)sands of (A)Mexi(D)co
(D)That’s why we call it (G)faith,
(A)That’s why we (A7)call him (D)Lord,
(G?)That’s why
I threw a(A)way
My (A7)Yankee (D)sword.
Our (D)John Riley seized the (G)day
And (A)marched us (A7)down the (D)road,
And
we (G)wouldn’t slay our (D)brothers,
On the (E7)sands of (A)Mexi(D)co.
Instrumental bridge
(A)Faith and righteousness
Was (A7)all in (D)vain,
(E)Irish blood was spilled
(E7)once a(A)gain.
As
I (D)stand upon the (F#)gallows,
It (Bm)cheers the soul to (G)know
History will ab(D)solve us
On the (E7)sands of
(A)Mexi(D)co.
The (D)sands of Mexi(A)co,
The bloody (G)sands of Mexi(E)co!
La (D)historia me ab(F#)solverá
On the (E7)sands
of (A)Mexi(D)co.
