Miguel Chords by Gordon Lightfoot
- Key: D
- BPM: 77
- Capo: no capo
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MIGUEL CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] G Gmaj7 Bm G Bm ■ ■ ■ Never had much to say he traveled alone with no friends Gmaj7 Bm Like a shadowy ghost at dawn he came and he went G A Gbm Bm Through the woodland swiftly gliding to the young maid he came gliding E A D A7 Where she'd run to meet him by the garden wall ■ Bm D Oh my sweet Miguel I will never tell Bm D No one will ever know what I know too well G D G D And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast and he'd say I have no fear [Chorus] G A They're waiting for me to cross the border to swim the river D G 'cause I've done that before A Bm To see my true loves smiling face E7 A A hundred times or more G D G Oh my sweet Miguel she cried A D I'll love you till I die G Bm G Gmaj7 Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G Bm He was born to the south in Mexico they say Gmaj7 G Bm ■ The child of a man who had soon gone away G A Gbm Bm But his mother loved him dearly and she would take him yearly E A A7 To the great Cathedral in St Augustine ■ Bm D Oh my young Miguel listen to the bell Bm D Of my poverty you must never tell G D And he cried himself to sleep in the night G D And he vowed to make things right G A So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call D G He knew she'd understand [Chorus] A Bm A lawman came to capture him E7 A The gun jumped in his hand G D G Oh Miguel the mother cried A D You must run son or you'll die [Inst] G Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7 G Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G Bm So the story is told of his true love cross the line Gmaj7 G Bm ■ As strong as the oak and as sweet as the vine G A Gbm Bm E ■ And the child she bore him came on the fateful mornin' A D A7 When they sent him to his final rest ■ [Chorus] Bm D Oh my sweet Miguel listen to the bell Bm D No one will ever know of what I know too well G D Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast G D And she'd say I have no fear G A I'm waiting for you to cross the border to swim the river D G 'cause you've done that before A Bm To see your true loves smiling face E7 A A hundred times or more G D G Oh my sweet Miguel she cried A D A G D I'll love you till I die ■ ■ ■ [End]