The Border Affair chords by Dave Stamey

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)



Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse 1:
A augmentedA       D MajorD
Spanish is the lovin’ tongue,
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Soft as music, light as spray.
A augmentedA       D MajorD
‘Twas a girl I learnt it from,
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Livin’ down Sonora way.
D MajorD    E MajorE     D MajorD   A augmentedA
I don’t look much like a lover,
A augmentedA   F# minorF#m   BB     E MajorE
Yet I say her love words over
A augmentedA       D MajorD
Often when I’m all alone -
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“Mi amor, mi corazon.”

Verse 2:
A augmentedA             D MajorD
Nights when she knew where I would ride
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She would listen for my spurs,
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Throw those big doors open wide,
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Raise them laughin’ eyes of hers
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And my heart would nigh stop beatin’
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When I heard her tender greetin’,
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Whispered soft for me alone
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“Mi amor! mi corazon!”

Verse 3:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
Moonlight in the patio,
A augmentedA     BB    E MajorE
Old Señora noddin’ near,
A augmentedA      D MajorD
Me and Juana talkin’ low
A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA
So her madre couldn’t hear -
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How those hours would go a-flyin'
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And too soon I’d hear her sighin’
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In her little sorry tone -
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“Adios, mi corazon!”

Verse 4:
A augmentedA       D MajorD
But one time I had to fly
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For a foolish gamblin’ fight,
A augmentedA       D MajorD
And we said a swift goodbye
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In that black, unlucky night.
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But traveling north her words kept riniging
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With every hoofbeat I could hear her singing
A augmentedA           D MajorD
Please don't leave me all alone -
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“Mi amor, mi corazon”

Verse 5:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
Never seen her since that night,
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I can’t cross the line, you know.
A augmentedA          D MajorD
She was Mexican and I was White;
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Like as not it’s better so.
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Yet I’ve always sort of missed her
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Since that very last night I kissed her,
A augmentedA           D MajorD
I broke her heart but lost my own -
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“Adios, mi corazon!”