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News From Spain
Capo on 2nd fret
 Dmadd9= xx3230 (Dmadd9/F)
[Verse 1]
AmI have hDmadd9eard         Ddimthe news from SEpain
Now you Amsay yAm/Gou've many thFings yGet to be leAmarning
And you Fdon't kGnow if or wFhen you'll Ebe retAmurning
It depEends on how everythiAmng works out
If it Ecan somehow in CaAmrvajalDmadd9  Ddim  E  
[Chorus]
AmAnd I haDmadd9ve heard      Ddimthe news from SEpain
Now you've fAmound Am/Gsomeone you dFon't hGave to be tAmied to
And he Fdried your eGyes, and laFter      Ehe Amlay beside you
As the Esimple wine of the fAmlow of time
Pulled us Eout of rhyme in CAmarvajalDmadd9  Ddim  E  
[Verse 2]
Into a Ataxi and dFown to the airport
EIn only the clothes I was stAmanding iGn
AA scribbled address, a tFoothbrush, a passport
EThe money we saved in the bAmiscuGit tFmaj7in
Running afrGaid to a sAmtrange Spanish town
FSearching the sGands and the shFmaj7oreline...Dmadd9  Ddim  E  
[Chorus]
And I Amhave hDmadd9eard         Ddimthe news from SEpain
Now the AmWinteAm/Gr winds posseFss       Gthe SoutAmhern reaches
And the sFea foGlds like a mFantle    Eon the bAmeaches
And the cErowds have gone and I've lAmeft my song
To be kiElled alone in CAmarvaDmadd9jalDdim  E  
In AmCarvajalDmadd9  Ddim  E  
IAmn CarvajalDmadd9  Ddim  E  

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News From Spain

by Al Stewart

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmadd9

Dmadd9/F

Ddim

Am/G

Fmaj7

News From Spain

Capo on 2nd fret

Dmadd9 Dmadd9/F

= xx3230 ()

[Verse 1]

Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

I have heard the news from Spain

Am Am/G F G Am

Now you say you've many things yet to be learning

F G F E Am

And you don't know if or when you'll be returning

E Am

It depends on how everything works out

E Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

If it can somehow in Carvajal

[Chorus]

Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

And I have heard the news from Spain

Am Am/G F G Am

Now you've found someone you don't have to be tied to

F G F E Am

And he dried your eyes, and later he lay beside you

E Am

As the simple wine of the flow of time

E Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

Pulled us out of rhyme in Carvajal

[Verse 2]

A F

Into a taxi and down to the airport

E Am G

In only the clothes I was standing in

A F

A scribbled address, a toothbrush, a passport

E Am G Fmaj7

The money we saved in the biscuit tin

G Am

Running afraid to a strange Spanish town

F G Fmaj7 Dmadd9 Ddim E

Searching the sands and the shoreline...

[Chorus]

Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

And I have heard the news from Spain

Am Am/G F G Am

Now the Winter winds possess the Southern reaches

F G F E Am

And the sea folds like a mantle on the beaches

E Am

And the crowds have gone and I've left my song

E Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

To be killed alone in Carvajal

Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

In Carvajal

Am Dmadd9 Ddim E

In Carvajal

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