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South Of The Border

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Intro: –             C      Em          G     Dm7       F    Dm  C  
CSouth Emof  the  Cborder, Gdown MexiEmco  Cway,
That's Emwhere I Cfell in love, G7when the Amstars Cabove, Emcame out to Dmplay.
GAnd now Fas I Cwander, my Am7thoughts Cever  Amstray,
CSouth of the Embor…Gder, down Dm7Me - Fxi - Dmco  Cway.
CShe Emwas a Cpicture in Gold EmSpanish Clace,
EmJust for a Ctender while, G7I  Amkissed a Csmile a-Empon her Dmface.
Am'Cause it Gwas fiEmest..Ca and Am7we were Cso Amgay,
CSouth of the Embor…Gder, Dm7Mexi..Dmco  Cway.
EThen she Gsighed Eas she GwhispAered, "GmanFanEa", Fnever GdreamAing that Fwe-e  were Eparting,
EAnd I Glied as  I whisApered, "GmanFanEa", 'Ccause Eour toGmorrow Fnever Ccame.
CSouth Emof the Cborder, I Gjumped Emback one Cday,
EmThere in a Cveil of white, G7by the AmcandleClight, she Emknelt to Dmpray.
AmThe mission Fbells Gtold Emme, that Am7I    Cmustn't Gstay,
CSouth of the Embor…Gder, DmMe – Fxi - Dmco  Cway.
Musical Interlude   Chords of first two lines of above verse
AmThe mission Fbells Gtold Emme, that Am7I    Cmust not Gstay,
CSouth of the Embor…Gder, DmMe – Fxi - Dmco  Cway.
CAye Emaye Caye Gaye,  Gaye Caye Emaye Caye,  Caye Emaye Caye Gaye,  Caye Emaye Gaye Caye. 
Outro:
                  C     Em        G      Dm       F          Dm        CSlowing

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South Of The Border

by Frank Sinatra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Am7

C Em G Dm7 F Dm C

Intro: –

C Em C G Em C

South of the border, down Mexico way,

Em C G7 Am C Em Dm

That's where I fell in love, when the stars above, came out to play.

G F C Am7 C Am

And now as I wander, my thoughts ever stray,

C Em G Dm7 F Dm C

South of the bor…der, down Me - xi - co way.

C Em C G Em C

She was a picture in old Spanish lace,

Em C G7 Am C Em Dm

Just for a tender while, I kissed a smile a-pon her face.

Am G Em C Am7 C Am

'Cause it was fiest..a and we were so gay,

C Em G Dm7 Dm C

South of the bor…der, Mexi..co way.

E G E G A G F E F G A F E

Then she sighed as she whispered, "manana", never dreaming that we-e were parting,

E G A G F E C E G F C

And I lied as I whispered, "manana", 'cause our tomorrow never came.

C Em C G Em C

South of the border, I jumped back one day,

Em C G7 Am C Em Dm

There in a veil of white, by the candlelight, she knelt to pray.

Am F G Em Am7 C G

The mission bells told me, that I mustn't stay,

C Em G Dm F Dm C

South of the bor…der, Me – xi - co way.

Musical Interlude Chords of first two lines of above verse

Am F G Em Am7 C G

The mission bells told me, that I must not stay,

C Em G Dm F Dm C

South of the bor…der, Me – xi - co way.

C Em C G G C Em C C Em C G C Em G C

Aye aye aye aye, aye aye aye aye, aye aye aye aye, aye aye aye aye.

Outro:

C Em G Dm F Dm C

Slowing

About South Of The Border Chords by Frank Sinatra

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