Tom: C
C G
See how the rain
F C
Falls from the sky
C G
Drifting down
F C
From your high mountain's eye
G7
But don't look surprised
C
You're going home
[chorus 1]
C
Yeah you're leaving L.A
Dm
On a cloudy day
Em G
Pushing the crowd away
F G
You gonna get away today
C Dm
An you turn on your radio
Em
An' let the wind blow
G
With your rock n roll
F
Down the highway
G
All the way
[Verse 2]
C G
Ah but see how, the lightning
F C
Makes cracks in your air
C G
Tearing the clouds
F C
Then closing the tear
G7
Yeah but you're not surprised
Anymore
C
You're going home
Am
To Mexico
[Section 2]
Am C D
Four hundred years ago
D Am
Down in Mexico
Am C Am
The Spanish galleons drew near
Am C
And the Aztec warriors watched
D
From their mountain sides
Am
Yeah the fear in their eyes
C Am
As clear as their end it was near
Am
Yeah Cortez he come
C
With his men and his guns
D
And a Spanish Christ
Am
Alive on his lip
Am
But as soon as he touched ground
C
Well his men wanted to turn around
D Am
So he burned down the turn around ships
Am
Yeah he crossed all that water
C
With his cannon and fodder
D
If need be to slaughter
Am
For Gods and for gold
Am
An he wouldn't let no man
C D
Talk him in to being anything other than
Am
Conquistador bold
Am C D Am
Yeah Pachuco to Paradi-ise (x2)
[Section 1]
[Verse 3]
C G F C
C G
Yeah a Colorado rain
F C
Falls on your California glass
C G
Washing away the hardline
F C
From your California past
G7
Ah but you're not surprised anymore
C
You're going home
[Chorus 2]
C Dm
Cause just out of Cortez
Em G
Well the radio man says
F
That they's a lookin for you
G
They gonna get you
C Dm
But your guns on your map
Em G
And they're both in your lap
F
Besides your Chic's with you
G
So you gonna get through
[verse 4]
C
Yeah see how the lightning
F C
Ah but see how the lightning
C G
Makes cracks in your air
C G
Tearing the clouds
F C
Then closin the tear
G7
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
C
You're going home
Am
To Paradise
