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,
[Gm] laaaaa
La, la, la, la, la, la,
[D#] laaaaa
La, la, la, la, la, la,
[F] laaaaa
VERSE 1:
You'd better come home, Speedy Gon-
[A#]-zales
Away from Cannery
[Gm] Row
Stop all your
[D#] drinkin'
With that floozie named
[F] Flo
VERSE 2:
Come on home to your ado-
[A#]-be
And slap some mud on the
[Gm] wall
The roof is leakin' like a
[D#] strainer
[F] 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-
[F]-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
[Gm] Coke
No enchiladas in the
[D#] icebox
And the television's
[F] broke
VERSE 4:
I saw some lipstick on your
[A#] sweatshirt
I smell some perfume in your
[Gm] ear
Well, if you're gonna keep a-
[D#]-messin'
[F] 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: