C         G7             C    1. South of the  border,  down Mexico  way
       C                                      G                   G7     That's  where I fell in love, when the stars  above came out to  play
    C                     C7               F      And  now as I wander, my  thoughts ever  stray
             C         G7             C     G7South of the  border,  down Mexico  way 
             C            G7             C     2. She was a  picture in  old Spanish  lace
     C                               G                G7     Just  for a tender while I kissed a  smile upon her  face
      C                   C7            F    Cause  it was fiesta and  we were so  gay
             C         G7        C    South of the  border,  Mexico  way
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         C                                G7      Then she  sighed as she whispered, "ma -  nana"
      G7                       C        Never  dreaming that we were  parting
      C           C7                  G7      And I  lied as a  whispered, "ma -  nana"
          C          G7       C     Cause our  tomorrow  never  came
                C           G7                 C    3. South of the  border, I  jumped back one  day
      C                            G                           G7     There  in a veil of white, by the  candlelight, she knelt to  pray
    C                            C7           F     The  mission bells told me that  I mustn't  stay
             C         G7             C    South of the  border,  down Mexico  way