Key: C major•
Verse 1
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South of the border, down Mexico Way
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when stars above came out to play
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Now as I wonder,
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my thoughts ever stray
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South of the border,
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down Mexico way
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She was a vision in
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old Spanish lace
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There for a tender while,
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I kissed the smile upon her face.
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It was fiesta, and we were so gay.
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down Mexico way.
Then she sighed as she
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whispered manana,
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never dreaming that we were partying.
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And I lied as I whispered manana,
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cause our tomorrow never came.
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I rode back one day
There in a veil of white,
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by candle light she'd knelt to pray
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The mission bells told me
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that I mustn't stay
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South of the border,
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down Mexico Way,
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Oh, Senor John.
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Then she sighed as she
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Never dreaming that
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And I lied as I whispered manana,
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cause our tomorrow
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nev er came.
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South of the border,
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I wrote back one day.
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There in a veil of white by candlelight,
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she knelt to pray.
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That I mustn't stay
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South of the border
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Down Mexico Way
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Ay, ay, ay, ay
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Ay, ay, ay, ay
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Ay, ay, ay, ay
Alright, that's Kenny Sears.
Thank you.
Alright, we're going to feature
an instrumental right now.
This is a tune written by Jeff Taylor
over on the accordion.
and it's called jumping time and it does.
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TunerE A D G B E
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