Intro G# C# C# D# C# C# D# G#
[Verse]
G#
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
G#/G Fm
I remember long ago another starry night like this
A#m
In the firelight Fernando
D#
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums and sounds
G#
of bugle calls were coming from afar
G#
They were closer now Fernando
G#/G Fm
Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally
A#m
I was so afraid Fernando
D#
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I'm not ashamed to say the roar of guns and cannons
G#
Almost made me cry
[Chorus]
D#
There was something in the air that night
G#
The stars were bright, Fernando
D# G#
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando
Cø/F# F7 A#7
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret
D# G#
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
D# C# D# C# C# D# G#
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
G# C# G# D# G#
[Bridge]
G#
Now we're old and grey Fernando
Fm
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand
A#m
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
D#
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes how proud you were to fight
G#
For freedom in this land
[Chorus 2]
D#
There was something in the air that night
G#
The stars were bright, Fernando
D# G#
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando
Cø/F# F7 A#7
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret
D# G#
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
D#
There was something in the air that night
G#
The stars were bright, Fernando
D# G#
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando
Cø/F# F7 A#7
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret
D# G#
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
D# G#
As if I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
[Fade out]
D# G#
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando
[Cø/G: 3X2323]
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