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Intro:  F#m  F#m7

Verse 1:

   D                 C#m         C#7    Bm             F#m
An outlaw stand in a peasant la-and, in every face see Judas
    Bm                   F#m
The burden of love is so strange
    D                      C#m         C#7     Bm              F#m
The stubborn beast and the whisky prie-est are hiding from the captains
    Bm                   F#m
The burden of love is so plain

Break 1:

C#m               Abm / Abm7  F#m     D            F#m
Are they happy to see you?    No, you always bring trouble
C#m              Abm / Abm7   F#m   D              F#m
Cast a shadow on Mex - i      -co-  denial doesn't change facts

Verse 2:

     D                     C#m            C#7        Bm                  F#m
Like most I'll come when I want things do-one-please God, don't let that change
    Bm                      F#m
The anguish of love at long range

Break 2:

C#m              Abm / Abm7  F#m  D                      C#7
Should've been a doc - tor,  oh,  then they can see what they're getting

Chorus:

F#     Abm         B    C#    Em
Oh no, don't blame Mexi-co
D                                           Bm              F#m      E  A  E  A
That's the feast that the whisky priest may yet have to for-go
D                                            Bm                F#m
They ask for more than you bargained for and then they ask for more
F#     Abm         B    C#    Em
Oh no, don't blame Mexi-co
D                                           Bm              F#m
That's the feast that the whisky priest may yet have to for-go

Bridge 1:

D                C#m                        F#m
Rob me of color, make the sound duller, but never go away

Verse 3:

        D                   C#m       C#7       Bm              F#m
Through teeth of sharks the Autumn ba-arks, and Winter squarely bites me
Bm                 F#m
Don't ever do this again
D                   C#m          C#7       Bm             F#m
 Dawn breaks in the Southern sta-ates, and blindfolded he rests
    Bm                    F#m     E  A  E  A
The burden of love's last request

Chorus:

D                                           Bm7             F#
That's the feast that the whisky priest may yet have to for-go
F#     Abm         B    C#    Em
Oh no, don't blame Mexi-co
D                                            Bm7               F#
They ask for more than you bargained for and then they ask for more
F#     Abm         B    C#    Em
Oh no, don't blame Mexi-co
D                                           Bm              F#m      E  A  E  A
That's the feast that the whisky priest may yet have to for-go
D                                            Bm7               F#
They ask for more than you bargained for and then they ask for more

Bridge 2:

D                C#m                        F#m
Rob me of color, make the sound duller, but never go away