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