View Guitar Chords for Gustavo - chords ver. 1
Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Gustavo From album 'Perils from the Sea' If you want to sound as same as the record, listen the rhytm and play a riff with E (lowest) string and G string. Intro: Am A# F Gm Am A# F Gm Am A#FI wrote a check and I bought an old Gmhouse I got a TV and a worn-out cAmouch Hired a guy named Gustavo and his A#friends To fix it up from the foundatFion Oh god, those motherfuckers drove me Gmnuts With their electrical saws and mariachi musAmic But they really stepped it up A#man And put their backs into Fit But they lived pretty far aGmway They wanted to stay for a couple of Ammonths 'Til the work got done and I said sA#ure Made ‘em a key and got ‘em a miFcrowaveBridge: Gm Am A#FGustavo was an illegal immigraGmnt He took the money that I gave him And he went and spent Amit on strippers and casinosA#And every once in a while with them I’d goFIt gets boring out in the mountains, you knoGmw Chopping wood, falling asleep to the TV Dmsnow Making ground beef taCcos On the top of a potbelliAmed stove Eating noodles from a Styrofoam cCup Waiting for a ride that never shows upDm Walking into town, browsing the windowsC Looking at rifles, looking at amAmmo At night when everything’s cloCsedIn my wet boots, in my winter clothes Bridge: Am A# F Gm Am A#FOne night they were headed for TGmahoe They asked me along but I said fuckAm no 'Cause I was tired and my money was tiA#ght And they just laughed and said alrigFht And on the way back they got stoppeGmd By a redneck sunnyside highway cAmop Gustavo was drunk and had an ounce of A#pot And spent the night on a jailhouse coFt They deported him back to MexicGmo He called me collect from a Tijuana pDmay phone Asking man, could you wire me moCney? 2500 for a border coyoAmte He needed work and he missed his faCmily But I hung up and I said I’m soDmrry CBut I hung up and I felt unAmeasy CI hung up and my heart was heDmavy I hung up and my back was achCing Picking up the work they’d left in fAmront of me The demoled walls and the pulled up floorCs The busted up cabinets and the broken draweDmrs The kitchen sink was laying in the backyaCrd And I looked down and my hands were trembAmling ACnd I looked up and my roof was leakingFNow I still sleep on my beat-up old cGmouch In the living room of my unfinished houD#se I got a licensed contracA#tor But he quit cause his wife was dying of caFncer But what the hell, I’m just here trying to find aGmnswers To find peace of mind, to get a piece of the rD#ock A place to put my mental clocA#k And my old guitars and gently roFck Back and forth in my front porch chGmair Without a worry, without a caD#re I’m doing alright but I’m still noA#t thereFMy house ain’t done, but it’sGm alright Floors ain’t level, but I ain’t some D#suburban Who cares about bathroom tilA#es Straight lines and building codes and Chinese wind chiFmes My house ain’t done, but it’Gms fine Come out here from time to timD#e In December for the snA#ow And in July to watch the roses gDmrow My gardener asks had I seen GustaCvo? I just laughed and I said fuck nAmo Not since that night he lCeft His hair combed back, headed for TaDmhoe My girlfriend asked had I heard from that guCy from Mexico? I said you mean GustaAmvo? And I just laughed and I said nCo Not since he called from the Tijuana pay phDmone Really I doCn’t give much thought to GuAmstavo IA# love to go out to the mountainsF, though GmAnd in the fall, feel the breAmeze blow A#And in the winter, watch the Ffalling snow GmAnd in the spring, love the Amrainbows A#And in the summer smell the roFses White and red and yellowGm Am CBy: TheTristo thetristo.tumblr.com