Magdalena
Capo 1st Fret
Intro:
C-Am-G
F-G-C
Verse 1:
C Am G
Please don’t tell me I can’t make it
F G C
It aint gunna do me any good
C Am G
And please don’t offer me your modern methods
F G C
Of fixing the carve this out of wood
C Am G F G C
From long alleys to Magdalena there sixty miles of sacred road
C Am G F G C
And the promise is made to those who venture; San Francisco will lift your load
C-Am-G
F-G-C
Verse 2:
C Am G
In the land of old sonora
F G C
a shallow river valley cries
C Am G
The summer left her without forgiveness
F G C
It’s mirrored in her children’s eyes
C Am G
Prodigal sons and wayward daughters
F G C
Carrying morn dolls that they might
C Am G
Be delivered from the depths of darkness
F G C
And born again by candle light
F G C
And born again by candle light
C-Am-G
F-G-C
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Verse:
G C G Am
Blisters on my feet wooden rosary
G C G F
I felt them in my pocket as I ran
G C G Am
A bullet in the night, a feather always light
G C G F
San Francisco do you understand
C Am G Am G C
Tell them that I made the journey and tell them that my heart is true
Am C D F . . . up a key
I’d like his blessing of forgiveness before the angels send it through
D Bm a G a D
And I will know that I am clean now and I will dance and the band will play
D Bm a G a D
In the old I too can Tina cups will runneth over the ancient clay
D Bm a G a D
And if I should fall to temptation when I return to the evil throws
D Bm a G a D a Bm a
From long alleys to Magdalena as a two time beggar I will go where I know I can be forgiven
G a D D-Bm-a
The broken heart of Mexico
G a D D-Bm-a
The broken heart of Mexico
G a D
The broken heart of Mexico
please email me so i can correct the lyrics and chords
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