Chords with lyrics
Key: E MajorE
Instrumental 🎸 Intro:
| E MajorE | F# minorF#m B7B7 | E MajorE | E MajorE |
🎸 Verse 1:
E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way
E MajorE
Thats where I fell in love
E minorEm B7B7
Where the stars above came out to play
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
And now as I wander -- my thoughts ever stray
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way
🎸 Verse 2:
E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
She was a picture - in old spanish lace
E MajorE
Just for a tender while
E minorEm B7B7
I kissed a smile, upon her face
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
Cause it was fiesta -- and we were so gay
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way
🎸 Bridge:
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Then she sighted as she whispered manjanna
B7B7 E MajorE
Never dreaming that we were parting
E MajorE F# minorF#m
And I lied as I whispered manjanna
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Fore our tomorrow -- never came
🎸 Verse 3:
E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - I road back one day
E MajorE
There in a veil of white
E minorEm B7B7
By candle light, she knelt to pray
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
The mission bells told me -- that I musn't stay
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way
🎸 Bridge:
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Then she sighted as she whispered manjanna
B7B7 E MajorE
Never dreaming that we were parting
E MajorE F# minorF#m
And I lied as I whispered manjanna
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Fore our tomorrow -- never came
🎸 Outro:
E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - I road back one day
E MajorE
There in a veil of white
E minorEm B7B7
By candle light, she knelt to pray
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
The mission bells told me -- that I musn't stay
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
South of the border - down Mexico way