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