Miguel(Chords)

	        


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'
	        

Written by Gordon Lightfoot