Miguel Gordon Lightfoot
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] F Am Asus2 Am F Asus2 Am F
[VERSE 1:]
Never had much to say, he traveled [Am]alone with no friends[F]
Like a shadowy ghost at dawn he [Am]came and he went[F]
Through the woodland [G]swiftly gliding[Em]
To the young maid [Am]he came riding[Dm]
Where she'd run to meet him by the g[G]arden wall[C] [G]
[VERSE 2:]
"Oh, my sweet Mig[Am]uel, I will never [C]tell
"No one will ever [Am]know, what I know too [C]well"
And he'd smile and [F]lay his head on her [C]breast
And he'd [F]say, "I have no [C]fear"
"They're [F]waiting for me to cross the border, to [G]swim the river
[VERSE 3:]
"'Cause [C]I've done that be[F]fore
"To [G]see my true love's [Am]smiling face
"A [D]hundred times or [G]more"
"[F]Oh, my [C]sweet Miguel" she [F]cried
"I'll [G]love you till I [C]die"
[INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F
[VERSE 4:]
He was born to the south, in Mexi[Am]co, they say[F]
The child of a man who had [Am]soon gone away[F]
But his mother [G]loved him dearly[Em]
And she would [Am]take him yearly[Dm]
To the great Cathedral in St. [G]Augustine[C] [G]
[VERSE 5:]
"Oh, my young Mig[Am]uel, listen to the [C]bell
"Of my pover[Am]ty, you must never [C]tell"
And he cried him[F]self to sleep in the [C]night
And he [F]vowed to make things [C]right
So he [F]took the gun down from the wall and he [G]paid a call
[VERSE 6:]
He [C]knew she'd under[F]stand
A [G]lawman came to [Am]capture him
The [D]gun jumped in his [G]hand
"[F]Oh, Mig[C]uel", the mother [F]cried
"You must [G]run, son, or you'll [C]die"
[INTERLUDE:] F Am F Am F
[VERSE 7:]
So the story is told of his true [Am]love across the line[F]
As strong as the oak and as [Am]sweet as the vine[F]
And the [G]child she bore him[Em]
Came on the [Am]fateful morning[Dm]
When they sent him to his [G]final re[C]st[G]
[VERSE 8:]
Oh, my sweet Mig[Am]uel, listen to the [C]bell
No one will ever [Am]know, of what I know too [C]well
Then she'd smile and [F]lay the child on her [C]breast
And she'd [F]say, "I have no [C]fear
"I'm [F]waiting for you to cross the border, to [G]swim the river"
[VERSE 9:]
'Cause [C]you've done that be[F]fore
To [G]see your true love's [Am]smiling face
A [D]hundred times or [G]more
"[F]Oh, my [C]sweet Miguel", she [F]cried
"I'll [G]love you till I [C]die" [G] [F] [C]
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