Evangelina chords by Hoyt Axton

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

Evangelina
Hoyt Axton

Intro G+G

          E minorEm   D MajorD
And I dream in the mornin`
          G+G
That she brings me water
          A7A7
And I dream in the evenin`
          D/AD/A
That she brings the wine
    EdimEdim    G+G    C majorC
Just a poor man`s daughter
        G+G
From Puerta Pinasco
E minorEm  D MajorD  D7D7  G+G
Evangelina  old Mexico

          E minorEm   D MajorD
There`s a great hot desert
       G+G
South of Mexicali
           A augmentedA
And if you don`t have water
           D MajorD  D7D7
Boy you`d better not go
       G+G    C majorC
Tequila won`t get you
      G+G    G7G7
Across that desert
     D MajorD       G+G
To Evangelina old Mexico

    B minorBm         FF
And the fire I feel for the woman I love
  C majorC     G+G
Is drivin` me insane
E minorEm      D/AD/A   C majorC
Knowin` she`s waitin`
        G6G6
And I can`t get there
B minorBm          FF
God only knows that I wracked my brain
  C majorC       G+G
To try and find a way
  E minorEm     D MajorD
To reach that woman
    G+G
Old Mexico

 E minorEm D7D7 G+G A7A7 D MajorD D7D7 G+G C6C6 G+G D MajorD D7D7 G+G

      E minorEm    D MajorD
And I met a kind man
        G+G
He guarded the border
         D MajorD  A augmentedA
He said You don`t need papers
A7A7  E minorEm   D MajorD
I`ll let you go
   D7D7      G+G     C majorC
I can tell that you love her
          G+G
By the look in your eyes now
     B minorBm     D MajorD
She`s the rose of the desert
D7D7   G+G
Old Mexico

    B minorBm         FF
And the fire I feel for the woman I love
  C majorC      G+G
Is drivin` me insane
E minorEm      D/AD/A   C majorC
Knowin` she`s waitin`
      G+G
And I can`t get there
B minorBm          FF
God only knows that I wracked my brain
  C majorC       G+G
To try to find a way
  E minorEm     D MajorD
To reach that woman
    G+G
Old Mexico

          E minorEm   D MajorD
And I dream in the mornin`
          G+G
That she brings me water
          A7A7
And I dream in the evenin`
     B minorBm    D MajorD
That she brings me wine
    D7D7     G+G    C majorC
Just a poor man`s daughter
        G+G
From Puerta Pinasco
 E minorEm     D MajorD   D7D7
South of the border
    G+G
Old Mexico
E minorEm  D MajorD  D7D7      C majorC
Evangelina  I miss you so
      G+G
I miss you so

Evangelina chords

From the album Fearless by Hoyt Axton in 1976, Evangelina, written by Axton and Kenneth Higginbotham. Hoyt Wayne Axton March 25, 1938 October 26, 1999 was an American folk music singer songwriter, guitarist and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting became well known throughout the world. Among them were Joy to the World, The Pusher, No No Song, Greenback Dollar, Della and the Dealer and Never Been to Spain.

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