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Evangelina

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Intro:  G  
GAnd I dream in the Emmorning, Dshe brings me waterG  
And I dream in the A7evening, she brings me Dwine
Just a poor man's GdaughterC  
From Puerto PeGnasco
EvangeDlina in old MexiGco
Verse
There's a great hot Emdesert, Dsouth of MexiGcali
And if you don't have A7water, boy you better not Dgo
Tequila won't Gget youC  
Across that Gdesert
To EvangeDlina in old MexiGco
Chorus
And the Bmfire I feel for the Fwoman I love
Is Cdriving me inGsane
Knowing she's Dwaiting
CAnd I can't Gget there
And BmGod only knows that I've Fracked my brain
To Ctry and find a Gway
To reach that Dwoman in old MexiGco
Instrumental:  G   Em   D   G   A7   D   G   C   G   D  G  
And I met a Emkind man, Dhe guarded the bGorder
He said "you don't need A7papers I'll let you Dgo"
I can tell that you Glove herC  
By the look in your Geyes now
She's the rose of the Ddesert
In old MexiGco
Chorus
And the Bmfire I feel for the Fwoman I love
Is Cdriving me inGsane
Knowing she's Dwaiting
CAnd I can't Gget there
And BmGod only knows that I've Fracked my brain
To Ctry and find a Gway
To reach that Dwoman in old MexiGco
GAnd I dream in the Emmorning, Dshe brings me waterG  
And I dream in the A7evening, she brings me Dwine
Just a poor man's GdaughterC  
From Puerto PeGnasco
South of the DBorder, in old MexiGco
EvangeDlina I miss you Cso
I miss you Gso

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Evangelina

by Hoyt Axton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Intro:

G Em D G

And I dream in the morning, she brings me water

A7 D

And I dream in the evening, she brings me wine

G C

Just a poor man's daughter

From Puerto Penasco

D G

Evangelina in old Mexico

Verse

Em D G

There's a great hot desert, south of Mexicali

A7 D

And if you don't have water, boy you better not go

G C

Tequila won't get you

Across that desert

D G

To Evangelina in old Mexico

Chorus

Bm F

And the fire I feel for the woman I love

C G

Is driving me insane

Knowing she's waiting

C G

And I can't get there

Bm F

And God only knows that I've racked my brain

C G

To try and find a way

D G

To reach that woman in old Mexico

G Em D G A7 D G C G D G

Instrumental:

Em D G

And I met a kind man, he guarded the border

A7 D

He said "you don't need papers I'll let you go"

G C

I can tell that you love her

By the look in your eyes now

She's the rose of the desert

In old Mexico

Chorus

Bm F

And the fire I feel for the woman I love

C G

Is driving me insane

Knowing she's waiting

C G

And I can't get there

Bm F

And God only knows that I've racked my brain

C G

To try and find a way

D G

To reach that woman in old Mexico

G Em D G

And I dream in the morning, she brings me water

A7 D

And I dream in the evening, she brings me wine

G C

Just a poor man's daughter

From Puerto Penasco

D G

South of the Border, in old Mexico

D C

Evangelina I miss you so

I miss you so

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