Just Across The Rio Grande by Reba McEntire
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro: C

                     Em7
The lights of Laredo dance on the water
    F                      C
And shine in a young man’s eyes
      
He stands on the border
    Em7           F      G
And dreams of paradise


     C                      Em7
He’s heard crazy stories of how people live
F                    D
Over in the promised land
   C                    Am
He heard they eat three meals a day
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande


                                 Em
He’s got a wife name Maria and a baby named Rose
     F                         C
And another one to feed on the way

Two willing hands
     Em7                  F     G
That couldn’t find work today


   C                       Em7
He stares at the river and curses the future
     F             D
That he can’t understand
   C                      Am
He knows the child would have a chance
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande



Chorus:
     C G    C
It’s only a river
       F              C      G
That’s not so deep or wide
  C               Am
A boy can throw a stone across
    Dm              G
And reach the other side
     C         G      C      F
It’s just some muddy water
                    D
Cutting through the land
      C              Am   
But a man can make a dream come true
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande


                     Em7
The lights of Laredo dance on the water
    F                      C
And shine in a young man’s eyes
      
He stands on the border
    Em7           F      G
And dreams of paradise


     C                      Em7
He’s heard crazy stories of how people live
F           D
Over in the promised land
        C                    Am
And sometimes it seems like god must live
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande


Chorus:
     C G    C
It’s only a river
       F              C      G
That’s not so deep or wide
  C               Am             F
A boy can throw a stone across
                    G
And reach the other side
     C         G      C      F
It’s just some muddy water
                    D
Cutting through the land
      C              Am   
But a man can make a dream come true
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande
                        Am
Sometimes it seems like god must live
F               G   C
Just across the Rio Grande