Key: G
Introduction:
Am E
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
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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 &