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.