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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1833904,"song":"Miguel","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1833904-miguel-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1833904?type=chord","rating":4.87003,"votes":27,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Miguel\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Asus2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever had much to say, he traveled alone with no friends[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a shadowy ghost at dawn he came and he went[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThrough the woodland swiftly gliding[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the young maid he came riding[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere she'd run to meet him by the garden wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, my sweet Miguel, I will never tell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"No one will ever know, what I know too well\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd smile and lay his head on her breast[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd say, \"I have no fear\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"'Cause I've done that before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"To see my true love's smiling face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"A hundred times or more\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, my sweet Miguel\" she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I'll love you till I die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE:] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe was born to the south, in Mexico, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe child of a man who had soon gone away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut his mother loved him dearly[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd she would take him yearly[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the great Cathedral in St. Augustine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, my young Miguel, listen to the bell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Of my poverty, you must never tell\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he cried himself to sleep in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he vowed to make things right[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe knew she'd understand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA lawman came to capture him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe gun jumped in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, Miguel\", the mother cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You must run, son, or you'll die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE:] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 7:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo the story is told of his true love across the line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs strong as the oak and as sweet as the vine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the child she bore him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCame on the fateful morning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they sent him to his final rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 8:]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, my sweet Miguel, listen to the bell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one will ever know, of what I know too well[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen she'd smile and lay the child on her breast[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she'd say, \"I have no fear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 9:]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause you've done that before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo see your true love's smiling face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hundred times or more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, my sweet Miguel\", she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I'll love you till I die\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Miguel\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n[INTRO:] F Am Asus2 Am F Asus2 Am F\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F\n\n\n[VERSE 7:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 8:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 9:]","chords":["F","Am","Asus2","G","Em","Dm","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}