DOWN IN MEXICO – THE COASTERS (as used in Tarantino's new film 'Deathproof')

(Honky-tonk piano tuned to 430Hz, 4/4 Time ~105bpm, blues feel)

INTRO: (guitar and sax solos, vocal acc.)
│Em(aah)    │           │Am(aah)    │           │
│Em(aah)    │B7(aah)    │Em(aah)    │B7(aah)    │

VERSE 1:
            
Down in Mexica

  
li,
          
There's a craz

           
y little place

           
 that I know.
          
Where the drin

           
ks are hotter 

          
than the chill


i sauce,
            
And the boss i

              
s a cat named 


Joe.

CHORUS:
            
He wears a red

              
 bandana, play

    
s a blues pian

o,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.
           
He wears a pur

          
ple sash, and 

  
a black mousta

che,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.

VERSE 2:
          
Well, the firs

           
t time that I 

    
saw him,
       
He was sittin'

              
 on a piano st

    
ool.
        
I said "Tell m

)             
e dad, when do

       
es the fun beg


in?"
            
He just winked

              
 his eye and s

     
aid "Man, be c

ool."

CHORUS:
            
He wears a red

              
 bandana, play

    
s a blues pian

o,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.
           
He wears a pur

          
ple sash, and 

  
a black mousta

che,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.

VERSE 3: (Double time feel, solo drums)
(    
(In Mexico) Al

#.
l of a sudden 

in walks this 

chick 
(    
(In Mexico) Jo

#.
e starts playi

ng on a Latin 

kick 
(    
(In Mexico) Ar

#.
ound her waist

 she wore thre

e fishnets 
(    
(In Mexico) Sh

#.
e started danc

in' with the c

astanets 
(    
(In Mexico) I 

#.
didn't know ju

st what to exp

ect 
(    
(In Mexico) Sh

#.
e threw her ar

ms around my n

eck 
(    
(In Mexico) We

#.
 started danci

n' all around 

the floor 
(    
(In Mexico) An

#.
d then she did

 a dance I nev

er saw before.

 


VERSE 4: ( tempo)
       
So if you're s

            
outh of the bo

( 
rder,
       
I mean down in

        
 Mexico,
        
And you wanna 

)             
get straight, 

     
Man, don't hes


itate,
            
Just look up a

           
 cat named Joe

.

CHORUS:
            
He wears a red

              
 bandana, play

      
s the cool pia

no,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.
           
He wears a pur

          
ple sash, and 

  
a black mousta

che,
            
In a honky-ton

           
k, down in Mex

ico.

OUTRO: (Lyrics spoken)
       
Hey,     como 

         
est usted seno


rita?
       
Hey,    come w

         
ith me to  Mex


ico city.
       
Ah you can get

              
 your kicks in

             
 Mexico.
              
Ha crazy, come

             
 with me baby,

        
      come wit

     
h me. (Fade to

 end)  


END

Personally transcribed by OliThePianist – there’s not enough free piano music out there!

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