South of the Border
Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy
Key: Bb
Music by Michael Carr
Copyright 1939

Lyrics and Chords provided by Judy Muldawer
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File Created 05/09/2018
File Updated 08/31/2021

Bb       F7
Ay ay ay ay
         Bb
Ay ay ay ay
         F7
Ay ay ay ay
         Bb BbdimF7
Ay ay ay ay

             Bb
South of the border
F7          Bb
Down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love
     Dm7     Ddim
When stars a-bove
     Cm7        F7
Came out to play

             Bb    Fm7
And now as I wander
                 Eb   Edim
My thoughts ever stray
             Bb
South of the border
F7          Bb
Down Mexico way

          Bb
She was a picture
F7             Bb
In old Spanish lace
Just for a tender while
  Dm7        Ddim
I kissed the smile
  Cm7         F7
U-pon her face

           Bb     Fm7
For it was Fiesta
               Eb Edim
And we were so gay
             Bb    F7
South of the border
            Bb
Down Mexico way

                                      F7
Then she sighed as she whispered, "Man-ana"
                            Bb
Never dreaming that we were parting
                G7             Cm
And I lied as I whispered, "Manana"
        Bb       F7    Bb
For our tomorrow never came

Bb                 F7
South of the border
                Bb
I rode back one day
There in a veil of white
   Dm7    Ddim      Cm7      F7
By candle light she knelt to pray

                  Bb     Fm7
The mission bells told me
               Eb  Edim
That I mustn't stay
             Bb    F7
South of the border
            Bb
Down Mexico way

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