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