Verse
D# A#
Hot chili peppers in the blistering sun
G# D#
Dust on my face and my cape,
A#
Me and Magdalena on the run
G# D#
I think this time we shall escape.
[Verse 2]
D# A#
Sold my guitar to the baker's son
G# D#
For a few crumbs and a place to hide,
A#
But I can get another one
G# D#
And I'll play for Magdalena as we ride.
[Chorus]
A#
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
G# D#
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
A#
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
G# D#
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
[Verse 3]
D# A#
Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people
G# D#
Hoofbeats like castanets on stone
A#
At night I dream of bells in the village steeple
G# D#
Then I see the bloody face of Ramon
[Verse 4]
D# A#
Was it me that shot him down in the cantina
G# D#
Was it my hand that held the gun
A#
Come, let us fly, my Magdalena
G# D#
The dogs are barking and what's done is done
[Chorus]
A#
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
G# D#
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
A#
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
G# D#
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
[Verse 5]
D# A#
At the corrida we'll sit in the shade
G# D#
And watch the young torero stand alone
A#
We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed
G# D#
When they rode with Villa into Torreon
[Verse 6]
D# A#
Then the padre will recite the prayers of old
G# D#
In the little church this side of town
A#
I will wear new boots and an earring of gold
G# D#
You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown
[Verse 7]
D# A#
The way is long but the end is near
G# D#
Already the fiesta has begun
A#
The face of God will appear
G# D#
With His serpent eyes of obsidian
[Chorus]
A#
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
G# D#
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
A#
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
G# D#
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.
[Verse 8]
D# A#
Was that the thunder that I heard
G# D#
My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain
A#
Come sit by me, don't say a word
G# D#
Oh, can it be that I am slain
[Verse 9]
D# A#
Quick, Magdalena, take my gun
G# D#
Look up in the hills, that flash of light
A#
Aim well my little one
G# D#
We may not make it through the night
[Chorus]
A#
No llores, mi querida
Dios nos vigila
G# D#
Soon the horse will take us to Durango.
A#
Agarrame, mi vida
Soon the desert will be gone
G# D#
Soon you will be dancing the fandango.