South Of The Border

(Down Mexico Way)

Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1953 (#18)


A                   A6   E9          E7/9  E9  A
South of the bor - der,     down Mex - i - co way --

E7              A      D9               A     F#m        E      E7
That's where I fell in love, where the stars above came out to play.

    E     E7 A      A7    A7(V)           D     Dm(V)
And now as I wander    my thoughts ever stray

(Dm)          A       E9          E7/9  E9  A
South of the border,     down Mex - i - co way.


A                A6  E9        E7/9   E9   A
She was a pic - ture    in old Span - ish lace;

E7          A         D9        A       F#m       E      E7
Just for a ten - der while, I kissed a smile up - on her face.

        E     E7    A      A7     A7(V)          D    Dm(V)
'Cause it was fi - es - ta     and  we  were so gay

(Dm)          A       E9          E7/9  E9  A
South of the border,     down Mex - i - co way.


Bridge:

E7        A             A6           E7
Then she smiled as she whispered "maņana,"

       E7           D9        A
Never dreaming that we were parting;

      A         A7           D9
And I lied as I whispered "maņana,"

            A       E7        A
'Cause our tomorrow    never came.


A                A6  E9       E7/9  E9  A
South of the border, I jumped back one day

E7          A       D9            A         F#m        E        E7
There in a veil of white, by the can - dle light, she knelt to pray;

     E     E7         A   A7        A7(V)           D    Dm(V)
The mis - sion bells told    me that  I  mus - n't stay

(Dm)          A       E9          E7/9  E9  A
South of the border,     down Mex - i - co way.




 
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