Chords
Maria

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
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i'm an expatriate cut adrift
                                                Am                                                                 E  
i caught a good glimpse of her smile and her midriff
        Am                                                      E                                         Am                                      E  
i got me a body full of soul, and now i got me a mind full of sangria
Am                                                 E  
  i didn't go there looking for trouble,
          Am                                                                      E  
i singled her out earlier but now i'm seeing double
                     Am                                         E                    Am                                                              E  
and the bartender told me that both of their names were maria
             C                                              G                                              C                                                    G  
the castanets in her hands, clickity-clack my own understanding
C                                 G                                                                                            C         G  
  of what it means to have some rhythm in your soul
                     D                                                                            G  
with a stomp and a shuffle from her feet,
                                  D                                                                    G  
she made me lose a little bit of the pace in my heartbeat
D                                                            G                                    D         D7  
  it's never been more fun to lose control
                                  Am                                                                                    E  
her swirling skirt shows a little bit of thigh
                                          Am                                                              E  
the glass in my hand won't stop running dry
             Am                                                         E  
and all those flamenco guitars
                Am                                                    E  
keep rattling all of those bones in my ear
Am                                            E  
  i guess its just too late
                        Am                                              E  
she can already see that i'm from the states
          Am                                                 E                              Am                                                              E  
i guess we all have a tendency to get a little loud when we come over here
          C                                            G  
i'm sorry about the insult,
             C                                                                         G  
but please i don't need another bar bouncer catapult
C                                         G                                      C                      G  
  i can find my own way to the door tonight
                                          D                                                                         G  
yeah, and i'm finding it a little hard to walk
                                          D                            G                                                         D  
and this wine makes me yell every time i try to talk
                                          G                                                    D         D7  
look what your dancer did to me tonight
Em                              C                                              G                                                 D  
maria don't go, what are you doing after the show
Am                                         C                                         G                    D  
these are the words i'll never get to say
Em                      C                                                         G                                                              D  
maria i know, that i could be someone you'd like to know
Am                                         C                                                    G                                                      D  
but i'm in no condition to make any first impressions today
(back to intro (Am--E))
                                Am                                            E  
later that night in my hotel bed
                                                     Am                                                    E  
the rhythm of the stomps and the claps still ringing in my head
Am                                         E                                              Am                              E  
  i begin more than a little bit to regret some of my excess
Am                                            E                                                    Am                                                    E  
i'll have to find another way, the very next time i'm gonna try to make a play
                     Am                                                    E  
for a beautiful spanish dancer
             Am                                                                    E  
and hope to have any kind of success
                                C                                                                         G  
was it the wine or the redness of her lips
                                     C                                                    G  
that made me lose all of the feeling in my fingertips
C                              G                                         C         G  
  i guess i never will find out
                                D                                                                         G  
was it the wind from the swish of her skirt
                                     D                                                 G                                                              D  
that blew my mind and swept me up like a featherweight flirt
                          G                                                    D         D7  
i guess i never will find out
Em                              C                                              G                                                 D  
maria don't go, what are you doing after the show
Am                                         C                                         G                    D  
these are the words i'll never get to say
Em                      C                                                         G                                                              D  
maria i know, that i could be someone you'd like to know
Am                                         C                                                    G                                                      D  
but i'm in no condition to make any first impressions today
                                          Am                                                                    E  
the next morning came with a ring from the phone-a
                          Am                                    E  
i was already late for the bus to barcelona
Am                                            E                                                      Am                                                              E  
  i jumped outta bed and ran down the hall with my suitcase in my hand
Am                                                                         E  
  i took the stairs  it was just one flight
                     Am                                                                 E  
made my way towards the door and into bright sunlight
Am                                            E                                              Am                                                    E  
  how i was still able to move, i don't think i'll ever understand
             C                                                              G  
but just as i stepped outside
                          C                                                    G  
something inside caught my eye
C                                                              G                                                              C         G  
  it was the beautiful dancer from the night before
                                          D                                                              G  
she was just sittin' in a hotel lobby chair
                                     D                                                                         G  
reading magazines, and playing with a strand of her hair
D                                 G                                                                      D--  D7  
i wanted to speak but i went out the door
Em                              C                                        &