Pat Boone, Speedy Gonzales (1962)
Key: :[A] (w: Buddy Kaye, Ethel Lee, David Hess)
INTRO: [*R1]
SPOKEN:
It was a moonlight night in old Mexico
I walked along between some old adobe haciendas
Suddenly, I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl
CHORUS:
La, la,
[A] laaaaa,
La, la, la, la, la, la,
[F#m] laaaaa
La, la, la, la, la, la,
[D] laaaaa
La, la, la, la, la, la,
[E] laaaaa
VERSE 1:
You'd better come home, Speedy Gon-
[A]-zales
Away from Cannery
[F#m] Row
Stop all your
[D] drinkin'
With that floozie named
[E] Flo
VERSE 2:
Come on home to your ado-
[A]-be
And slap some mud on the
[F#m] wall
The roof is leakin' like a
[D] strainer
[E] There's lots of roaches in the
[A] hall
[D] [A open]
BRIDGE:
Speedy Gon-
[D]-zales, why don't you come
[A] home?
Speedy Gon-
[D]-zales, how come you leave me all a-
[E]-lone?
SPOKEN:
Hey, Rosita, I have to go shopping downtown for my mother
She needs some tortillas and chili peppers
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
Your dog is gonna have a
[A] puppy
And we're runnin' out of
[F#m] Coke
No enchiladas in the
[D] icebox
And the television's
[E] broke
VERSE 4:
I saw some lipstick on your
[A] sweatshirt
I smell some perfume in your
[F#m] ear
Well, if you're gonna keep a-
[D]-messin'
[E] Don't bring your business back-a
[A] here
[D] [A open]
REPEAT BRIDGE:
SPOKEN:
Hey, Rosita, come quick; down at the Cantina
they've got some green stamps with tequila
REPEAT CHORUS:
