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