C              Cm7 
The lights of Laredo dance on the water 
        F                     C 
And shine in a young man's eyes. 
      C 
He stands on the border 
     Cm7      Em   F 
And dreams of paradise. 
        C                    Cm7 
He's heard crazy stories of how people live 
   F            Cm7      Dm 
Over in the promise land. 
     C              Cm7          F     C 
He heard they eat three meals a day 
Am7                G        C 
Just across the Rio Grande. 
 
He's got a wife name Maria, a baby named Rose. 

And another one to feed on the way. 

Two willing hands 

That couldn't find work today. 
 
He stares at the river and curses the future 

That he can't understand. 

He knows the child would have a chance 

Just across the Rio Grande. 

Refrão -------------
      C    G     C 
It's on - ly a river 
        F                C 
That's not so deep or wide. 
   C                           Am7 
A boy can throw a stone across 
     F                      G 
And reach the other side. 
      C               G       C 
It's just some muddy water 
   F                      Dm 
Cutting through the land, 
      C              Cm7      F         C 
But a man can make a dream come true 

(Sometimes it seems like God must live)
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Am7                G        C 
Just across the Rio Grande. 
 
The lights of Laredo dance on the water 
And shine in a young man's eyes. 
He stands on the border 
And dreams of paradise. 
 
He's heard crazy stories of how good life is 
Over in the promise land. 
And sometimes it seems like God must live 
Just across the Rio Grande. 
 
Chorus