2 acessos
[INTRO:] F Am Asus2 Am F Asus2 Am F [VERSE 1:] Am F Never had much to say, he traveled alone with no friends Am F Like a shadowy ghost at dawn he came and he went G Em Through the woodland swiftly gliding Am Dm To the young maid he came riding G C G Where she'd run to meet him by the garden wall [VERSE 2:] Am C "Oh, my sweet Miguel, I will never tell Am C "No one will ever know, what I know too well" F C And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast F C And he'd say, "I have no fear" F G "They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river [VERSE 3:] C F "'Cause I've done that before G Am "To see my true love's smiling face D G "A hundred times or more" F C F "Oh, my sweet Miguel" she cried G C "I'll love you till I die" [INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F [VERSE 4:] Am F He was born to the south, in Mexico, they say Am F The child of a man who had soon gone away G Em But his mother loved him dearly Am Dm And she would take him yearly G C G To the great Cathedral in St. Augustine [VERSE 5:] Am C "Oh, my young Miguel, listen to the bell Am C "Of my poverty, you must never tell" F C And he cried himself to sleep in the night F C And he vowed to make things right F G So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call [VERSE 6:] C F He knew she'd understand G Am A lawman came to capture him D G The gun jumped in his hand F C F "Oh, Miguel", the mother cried G C "You must run, son, or you'll die" [INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F [VERSE 7:] Am F So the story is told of his true love across the line Am F As strong as the oak and as sweet as the vine G Em And the child she bore him Am Dm Came on the fateful morning G C G When they sent him to his final rest [VERSE 8:] Am C Oh, my sweet Miguel, listen to the bell Am C No one will ever know, of what I know too well F C Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast F C And she'd say, "I have no fear F G "I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river" [VERSE 9:] C F 'Cause you've done that before G Am To see your true love's smiling face D G A hundred times or more F C F "Oh, my sweet Miguel", she cried G C G F C "I'll love you till I die"