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