[Intro]
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E E E E E Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 Bsus2
Bsus2 Bsus2 E E E

[Verse I]

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It was early one mornin’ 
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Playa del Carmen 
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That’s when I first met Jose
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He had a 12 foot Schooner 
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A 3 foot cooler
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Full of the catch of the day
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And he was wrinkled from grinnin’
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From all of the sun he had been in
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He was barefoot, cerveza in hand
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He said “Gracias senor”, when I paid him too much for
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All of the Snapper he had
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Now I told him my friend it ain’t nothin’
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In the best broken Spanish I knew 
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I said I make a good livin’
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Back home where I’m from
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He smiled and said Amigo me too 


[Chorus]
          E          Asus2
He said I fish and I play my guitar
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I laugh at the bar with my friends
E 
I go home to my wife 
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I pray every night
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I can do it all over again


[Instrumental]
E,E,E,E,E,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,
Bsus2,Bsus2,E,E,E 


[Verse II]
 
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Somewhere over Texas 
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I thought of my Lexus
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And all the stuff I work so hard for
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And all the things that I’ve gathered
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From climbing that ladder
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Didn’t make much sense anymore 
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They say my nest egg ain’t ready to hatch yet
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They keep holding my feet to the fire 
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They call it paying the price
        E
So that one day in life 
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I’ll have what I need to retire 


[Chorus]
 
         E         Asus2
And just fish, and play my guitar,
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Laugh at the bar with my friends,
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Go home to my wife 
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And pray every night,
Bsus2               E
I can do it all over again


[Bridge]
 
       Fm                         E                    Asus2  E              
And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made
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When the truth is I’m really just dying 
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To live like Jose 


[Chorus]

Single Downward Strums
N.C.     E
And just fish
Asus2
Play my guitar
Bsus2                  E 
Laugh at the bar with my friends 
E
Go home to my wife 
Asus2
Pray every night 
Bsus2              E
I can do it all over again 


[Instrumental]

E E E E E Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 Bsus2
Bsus2 Bsus2 E E E until end.