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.