Gordon Lightfoot - Miguel
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[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"
