Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
This song is an adaptation created for my grandmother (Hortencia Segura)
at her funeral so the original Freddy Fender song was used as a base to determine the strum pattern
C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Now your house is dark, and you are sleeping;
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Now the time has come to part, no time for weeping
C majorC Am7Am7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi abuela,
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi amor
C majorC D MajorD G+G
If you listen with your heart you'll hear us singing,
C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Although you're many million dreams away
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Each night I think, I think, I think about you
C majorC D MajorD G+G
To hasten ev'ry hour of ev'ry day
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
But the memories we share are there to borrow
C majorC Am7Am7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi abuela,
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi amor
C majorC D MajorD G+G
If you listen with your heart you'll hear us singing,
C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Although you're many million dreams away
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Each night I think, I think, I think about you
C majorC D MajorD G+G
To hasten ev'ry hour of ev'ry day
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
But the memories we share are there to borrow
C majorC Am7Am7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi abuela,
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Vaya con dios mi amor