Recorded live 1989.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZZJtkaS82w
Intro
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[C] [G] [C]
South of the border - down Mexico way
[Em] [Ebdim] [G]
That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play
[C] [F] [Em] [Dm]
Now as I wander my thoughts ever stray
[Ebdim] [C] [G] [C]
South of the border - down Mexico way
Verse 2
[C] [G] [C]
She was a picture - in old Spanish lace
[C] [Em] [Ebdim] [G]
And for a tender while I kissed the smile upon her face
[C] [F] [Em] [Dm]
For it was Fiesta, we were so gay
[Ebdim] [C] [G] [C]
South of the border - down Mexico way
Bridge
[C] [G]
And she smiled and she whispered, "Mañana"
[G] [C]
Never dreaming that we were parting
[C] [G]
And I lied as I whispered, "Mañana"
[C] [G] [C]
For our tomorrow never came
Verse 3
[C] [G] [C]
South of the border - I rode back one day
[C] [Em] [Ebdim] [G]
There in a veil of white by candlelight she knelt to pray
[C] [F] [Em] [Dm]
And the mission bells told me that I mustn't stay
[C] [G] [C]
South of the border - down Mexico way
Outro
[G]
Aye aye aye aye (Aye aye aye aye)
[C]
Aye aye aye aye
[G]
Aye aye aye aye (Aye aye aye aye)
[C]
Aye aye aye aye
