MIGUEL

Lightfoot
 Am
1.  (F) Never had much to say, he traveled alone with no friends
 Am
 (F) Like a shadowy ghost, at dawn he  came and he went
 G
 (F) Through the woodlands  swiftly gliding
 EmAm
 To the young maid he came riding 
 DmG
 Where she'd run to meet him At the  garden wall.   
 AmC
 Oh, my sweet Miguel   I will never tell
 AmC
 No one will ever know   What I know too  well
 FC
 And he'd smile, and  lay his head on her  breast
 FCF
 And he'd  say, "Ah, have no  fear.  They're waiting for me
 GC
 To cross the border, to swim the river, 'cause I've done that
 F
before
 GAm
 To see my true love's smiling face, 
 FG
 A hundred times or more."
 AmGFG
 "Oh, my sweet Miguel," she cried. "I'll love you 'til I
 C
 die."

 FAm
2.  He was born to the south, in Mexico, they say
 FAm
 The child of a man who was soon gone away
 FG
 But his mother loved him dearly, 
 EmAm
 And she would take him yearly
 DmG
 To the great cathedral in St. Augustine.  
 AmC
 "Oh, my young Miguel. Listen to the bell 
 AmC
 Of my poverty,  You must never tell."
 FC
 And he cried himself to sleep in the night
 FCF
 And he vowed to make things right.  So he took the gun down
 G
 From the wall and he paid a call H
 CF
 He knew she'd understand
 GAmFG
 A lawman came to capture him, the gun jumped in his hand
 AmGF
 "Oh, Miguel," a mother cried. 
 GC
 "You must run, son or you'll die."

 FAm
3.  So the story is told of his true love, 'cross the line
 FAm
 As strong as the oak, and as sweet as the vine 
 FG
 And the child that she bore him 
 EmAm
 Came on that fateful morning
 DmG
 When they send him to his final rest. 
 AmC
 "Oh, my sweet Miguel.  I will never tell.  
 AmC
 No one will ever know  what I know too well."
 FC
 And she'd smile, and lay the child on her breast
 FCF
 And she'd say, "Ah, have no fear.  I'm waiting for you
 G
 To cross the border, to swim the river 
 CF
 'Cause you've done that before
 GAmFG
 To see your true love's smiling face, a hundred times or more.
 AmGFG
 "Oh, my sweet Miguel," she cried. "I'll love you 'til I
 C
 die."


Am C Dm Em F G
variations - click chord images
Transpose chords:
Tuning:
View: Size:
A  A  A
Rating:
Layout:
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
 
Accuracy:
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
 
click stars to rate
Songbook:
Login to add this song to your songbook
Source: original song
Support the artist
Preview/buy this song
MSN Music
Why this non-profit ad?
Chordie recommends:
Get acoustic guitar lessons and electric guitar lessons at JamPlay.com

 
login to add comments/video/corrections