Mexicali Rose

Words & Music by Helen Stone & Jack B. Tenney
Recorded by Bing Crosby, 1938 (#3)
Also recorded by Gene Autry, 1939, in the movie "Mexicali Rose"


A         B7      Cdim  E7  Fdim   A
Mex - i - cal - i Rose stop cry - ing

AM7       Cdim    F#m     C#m7-5     Bm   Bm7/E
I'll come back to you some sun - ny day.

E7                    Cdim              D9    E7
Ev' - ry night you'll know that I'll be pi - ning

D9       Bm7-5     E7       Fdim      A   Edim  E7
Ev' - ry hour and year while I'm a - way.

 A         B7       Cdim E7  Fdim   A
Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear

A7        Cdim      Gdim        A7          D
Ban - ish all those tears and please don't sigh.

 D               Cdim      A   AM7  F#7
Kiss me once a - gain and hold       me

 D9      Bm7-5    E7    Fdim    A
Mex - i - cal - i Rose, good - bye.



A         B7       Cdim E7  Fdim   A
Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear

A7        Cdim      Gdim        A7          D
Ban - ish all those tears and please don't sigh.

 D               Cdim      A   AM7  F#7
Kiss me once a - gain and hold       me

 D9      Bm7-5    E7    Fdim    A
Mex - i - cal - i Rose, good - bye.

This is one of those songs that seems so protypically "western" that even the mention of its title evokes a mental image of a cowboy on horseback with a guitar in his hands...which makes it all the more ironic that the biggest hit version it ever had was recorded by Bing Crosby.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.