Tom Russell was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and now makes his home, on the border in El Paso, Texas. He has recorded seventeen albums of original material and has written such classics as "Navajo Rug," "Gallo del Cielo," "Blue Wing," "Walking on the Moon," "St. Olav's Gate," and "Outbound Plane." Russell's songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Doug Sahm, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Suzy Bogguss, Iris DeMent, Peter Case, k.d. lang, Bob Neuwirth, Sylvia Tyson, Katy Moffatt . . . and many others.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
by Tom Russell from "Borderland" Tabbed by Milos Protic [email protected] Capo 1. fret
[Verse 1]
(A) Baby pulled her blue dress on and (G) walked out in the (D/F#)night (A)Left one silk stocking danglin’ (G)from the bedside (D/F#) light I sobered up and called her name (A) just before the dawn I (G)Followed footprints through the sand, I(A) knew where she had gone Down The Rio (G) Grande Down the Rio (A) Grande.
[Verse 2] (same chords)
Pulled out of Albuquerque, must have been past 8:00 Four cups of coffee and I hit the interstate Rolling through Las Cruces, I thought I saw her car She always said she’d go someday, she never said how far Down The Rio Grande, Down The Rio Grande
[Chorus]
(D)Maybe she’s in (G) Brownsville, she’s(A) got some family there (D)She always (G) talked about the (A) salty Gulf Coast air Where the river (G) ends, Down The Rio(A) Grande