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