South Of The Border Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]South of the border, down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love,
when the stars above came out to play
And now as [C#]I wander,
[G]my [D]tho[G]ughts ever str[D]ay
South of the [G]border,
[C#]down[D] Mexico way[D]

[Verse 2]
She was a picture in old Spanish lace [D]Just
for a tender while I kissed
a smile upon [C#]her f[D]ace
'Cause it was fiesta
and we were so gay
[G]South of [D]the[G] border,
Mexico [D]way[G][A]

[Verse 3]
Then she sighed [D]as she whispered,
[G]'manana'
[D]Never [Asus4]dreaming[A]
[D]that we were parting
[G]And [A]I lied as a[G]
whispered, 'manana'
'Cause our tomorrow never came
[D]South [G]of the

[Verse 4]
[D][G][D][A]
[D]border,
I jumped back one day
There in a veil of white, by the candlelight,
[A]she[D] knelt to pray
[G]The mission bells told
[D]me that I mustn't stay
South of the border,
[A]Mex[Asus4]ico way[D][A]
The [G]mission bells told

[Verse 5]
[D]me,
ding, dong, that [A]I must not stay
Stay South of the [D]border, down Mexico way