South Of The Border (chromatic)

By: Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
Gene Autry, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson
Key: Eb

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South of the bor-der, down Mex-i-co way,
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That’s where I fell in love
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when stars a-bove came out to play.
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And now as I wan-der,
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my thoughts ev-er stray,
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South of the bor-der, down Mex-i-co way.

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She was a pic-ture in old Span-ish lace.
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Just for a ten-der while
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I kissed the smile up-on her face.
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For it was fi-es-ta and we were so gay.
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South of the bor-der, down Mex-i-co way.

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Then she sighed as she whis-pered,
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“Ma-na-na,”
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Nev-er dream-ing that we were part-ing.
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And I lied as I whis-pered, “Ma-na-na,”
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For our to-mor-row nev-er came.

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South of the bor-der,
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I rode back one day.
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There in a veil of white
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by can-dle-light she knelt to pray.
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The mis-sion bells told me,
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that I must-n’t stay
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South of the bor-der, down Mex-i-co way.

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ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
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