The Border Affair chords by Dave Stamey

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)




Intro:
A  D  A  B  E  A  D  A  E  A

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

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

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

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

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