South Of The Border (chromatic)

SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY)
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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ay  ay  ay  ay     ay  ay  ay  ay