Chords for gordon lightfoot miguel live in concert bbc 1972
Tempo:
159.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
There's [Gm] a song called The [A] Highwayman by Alfred Noyes,
[E] and this song is kind of modeled after that one.
Kind of the way it's called [C#] Miguel.
[Bm] You remember The Highwayman?
We [Em] took it [A] in high [G] school, didn't we?
[N] The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor
when the highwayman came [G] riding, riding, riding
up to the old inn Dewar.
This [Bm] is Miguel.
[G]
[Bm]
[G] Never had much to say,
traveled [Bm] alone with no friends.
[G] Like a shadowy ghost to dawn [Bm] he came and went.
[G] Through the [A] woodland swiftly [F#m] gliding
to the young [Bm] maid he came riding
[Em] where she'd run and meet him by the [A] garden [D]
wall.
[A] Oh, my [Bm] sweet Miguel, I will [D] never tell.
No one will [Bm] ever know what I [D] know too well.
Then he'd smile [G] and lay his head [D] on her breast
[G] and he'd say, I have [D] no fear.
[G] They're waiting for me to cross the border,
[A] to swim the river, [D] cause I've done that [G] before.
[A] To see my true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred [A] times more.
[G] Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, [D] I'll love you till I die.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[G] He was born of the south in [Bm] Mexico, they say.
[G] The child of a man who [Bm] was soon gone away.
[G] But his mother [A] loved him [F#m] dearly, she [Bm] would take him yearly
[Em] to the great cathedral in [A] St.
[D] Augustine.
[A] Oh, [Bm] my young Miguel, [D] listen to the bell of [Bm] my poverty.
[D] Must never tell any cry,
[G] It's hard to sleep [D] in the night,
[G] Ain't he bound to make [D] things right?
[G] So he took the gun down from the wall
[A] and he paid a call, [D] he knew she'd [G] understand.
[A] A lawman came to [Bm] capture him, [E] a gun jumped in [A] his hand.
[G] Oh, [D] Miguel, the mother [G] cried, [D] you should run some or you'll die.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[G] So the story is told of his [Bm] true love, crossed a line.
[G]
Strong as the oak and [Bm] as sweet as the vine.
[G]
And [A] the child she bore [F#m] him came on [Bm] the fateful morning
[Em]
when they sent him to [A] his final rest.
Oh, my [Bm] young Miguel, I [D] will never tell,
No one will [Bm] ever know,
[D] Oh, too well, then she'd smile and [G] hold the child [D] to her breast.
[G] And she'd say, I have [D] no fear, [G] I'm waiting for you
to cross the border, [A] to swim the river,
[D] cause you've done that before.
[G] [A] To see your true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred [A] times more.
[G] Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, [A] I'll love you till [D] I die.
[A] [G] [C#]
[D] [N]
[A]
There's [Gm] a song called The [A] Highwayman by Alfred Noyes,
[E] and this song is kind of modeled after that one.
Kind of the way it's called [C#] Miguel.
[Bm] You remember The Highwayman?
We [Em] took it [A] in high [G] school, didn't we?
[N] The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor
when the highwayman came [G] riding, riding, riding
up to the old inn Dewar.
This [Bm] is Miguel.
[G]
[Bm]
[G] Never had much to say,
traveled [Bm] alone with no friends.
[G] Like a shadowy ghost to dawn [Bm] he came and went.
[G] Through the [A] woodland swiftly [F#m] gliding
to the young [Bm] maid he came riding
[Em] where she'd run and meet him by the [A] garden [D]
wall.
[A] Oh, my [Bm] sweet Miguel, I will [D] never tell.
No one will [Bm] ever know what I [D] know too well.
Then he'd smile [G] and lay his head [D] on her breast
[G] and he'd say, I have [D] no fear.
[G] They're waiting for me to cross the border,
[A] to swim the river, [D] cause I've done that [G] before.
[A] To see my true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred [A] times more.
[G] Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, [D] I'll love you till I die.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[G] He was born of the south in [Bm] Mexico, they say.
[G] The child of a man who [Bm] was soon gone away.
[G] But his mother [A] loved him [F#m] dearly, she [Bm] would take him yearly
[Em] to the great cathedral in [A] St.
[D] Augustine.
[A] Oh, [Bm] my young Miguel, [D] listen to the bell of [Bm] my poverty.
[D] Must never tell any cry,
[G] It's hard to sleep [D] in the night,
[G] Ain't he bound to make [D] things right?
[G] So he took the gun down from the wall
[A] and he paid a call, [D] he knew she'd [G] understand.
[A] A lawman came to [Bm] capture him, [E] a gun jumped in [A] his hand.
[G] Oh, [D] Miguel, the mother [G] cried, [D] you should run some or you'll die.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Bm]
[G] So the story is told of his [Bm] true love, crossed a line.
[G]
Strong as the oak and [Bm] as sweet as the vine.
[G]
And [A] the child she bore [F#m] him came on [Bm] the fateful morning
[Em]
when they sent him to [A] his final rest.
Oh, my [Bm] young Miguel, I [D] will never tell,
No one will [Bm] ever know,
[D] Oh, too well, then she'd smile and [G] hold the child [D] to her breast.
[G] And she'd say, I have [D] no fear, [G] I'm waiting for you
to cross the border, [A] to swim the river,
[D] cause you've done that before.
[G] [A] To see your true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred [A] times more.
[G] Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, [A] I'll love you till [D] I die.
[A] [G] [C#]
[D] [N]
[A]
Key:
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Bm
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Bm
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
There's [Gm] a song called The [A] Highwayman _ by Alfred Noyes,
_ _ [E] and this song is kind of modeled after that one.
_ _ Kind of the way it's called [C#] Miguel.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ You remember The Highwayman?
We [Em] took it [A] in high [G] school, didn't we?
_ [N] The road was a ribbon of moonlight. _
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor
when the highwayman came [G] riding, riding, _ riding
up to the old inn Dewar. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This [Bm] _ _ _ is Miguel.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Never had much to say,
_ traveled [Bm] alone with no friends.
_ _ [G] _ Like a shadowy ghost to dawn [Bm] he came _ and went.
_ _ [G] _ Through the [A] woodland swiftly _ [F#m] gliding
to the young [Bm] maid he came riding
[Em] where she'd run and meet him by the [A] garden [D]
wall.
[A] Oh, _ my [Bm] sweet Miguel, _ _ _ I will [D] never tell.
_ _ No one will [Bm] ever _ _ know what I [D] know too well.
_ _ _ _ Then he'd smile [G] and lay his head [D] on her breast
[G] and he'd say, I have [D] no fear.
[G] They're waiting for me to cross the border,
[A] to swim the river, [D] cause I've done that [G] _ before.
[A] To see my true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred _ [A] times _ more.
[G] _ Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, _ [D] I'll love you till I die.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ He was born of the south in [Bm] Mexico, _ _ they say.
_ [G] _ The child of a man who [Bm] was soon _ gone away.
_ [G] _ But his mother [A] loved him [F#m] dearly, _ she [Bm] would take him yearly
[Em] _ to the great cathedral in [A] St. _ _
[D] Augustine.
[A] _ Oh, [Bm] my young Miguel, _ _ _ _ [D] listen to the bell _ _ _ of [Bm] my poverty. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Must never tell _ _ _ any cry, _
[G] It's hard to sleep [D] in the night,
[G] Ain't he bound to make [D] things right?
[G] So he took the gun down from the wall
[A] and he paid a call, [D] he knew she'd _ [G] understand.
_ _ [A] A lawman came to [Bm] capture him, [E] a gun jumped in [A] his _ hand.
[G] _ Oh, _ [D] Miguel, the mother [G] cried, _ [D] you should run some or you'll die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So the story is told of his [Bm] true love, crossed a line.
_ [G] _ _
Strong as the oak and [Bm] as sweet as the vine.
_ [G] _ _
And [A] the child she bore [F#m] him came on [Bm] the fateful morning
[Em] _ _
when they sent him to [A] his final _ _ rest.
Oh, my [Bm] young Miguel, _ _ _ I [D] will never tell,
_ _ No one will [Bm] ever _ know,
_ _ [D] Oh, too well, _ _ _ _ then she'd smile and [G] hold the child [D] to her breast.
[G] And she'd say, I have [D] no fear, [G] I'm waiting for you
to cross the border, [A] to swim the river,
[D] cause you've done that before.
[G] _ [A] To see your true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred _ [A] times _ more.
[G] _ Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, _ [A] I'll love you till _ [D] I die.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
There's [Gm] a song called The [A] Highwayman _ by Alfred Noyes,
_ _ [E] and this song is kind of modeled after that one.
_ _ Kind of the way it's called [C#] Miguel.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ You remember The Highwayman?
We [Em] took it [A] in high [G] school, didn't we?
_ [N] The road was a ribbon of moonlight. _
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor
when the highwayman came [G] riding, riding, _ riding
up to the old inn Dewar. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This [Bm] _ _ _ is Miguel.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Never had much to say,
_ traveled [Bm] alone with no friends.
_ _ [G] _ Like a shadowy ghost to dawn [Bm] he came _ and went.
_ _ [G] _ Through the [A] woodland swiftly _ [F#m] gliding
to the young [Bm] maid he came riding
[Em] where she'd run and meet him by the [A] garden [D]
wall.
[A] Oh, _ my [Bm] sweet Miguel, _ _ _ I will [D] never tell.
_ _ No one will [Bm] ever _ _ know what I [D] know too well.
_ _ _ _ Then he'd smile [G] and lay his head [D] on her breast
[G] and he'd say, I have [D] no fear.
[G] They're waiting for me to cross the border,
[A] to swim the river, [D] cause I've done that [G] _ before.
[A] To see my true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred _ [A] times _ more.
[G] _ Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, _ [D] I'll love you till I die.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ He was born of the south in [Bm] Mexico, _ _ they say.
_ [G] _ The child of a man who [Bm] was soon _ gone away.
_ [G] _ But his mother [A] loved him [F#m] dearly, _ she [Bm] would take him yearly
[Em] _ to the great cathedral in [A] St. _ _
[D] Augustine.
[A] _ Oh, [Bm] my young Miguel, _ _ _ _ [D] listen to the bell _ _ _ of [Bm] my poverty. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Must never tell _ _ _ any cry, _
[G] It's hard to sleep [D] in the night,
[G] Ain't he bound to make [D] things right?
[G] So he took the gun down from the wall
[A] and he paid a call, [D] he knew she'd _ [G] understand.
_ _ [A] A lawman came to [Bm] capture him, [E] a gun jumped in [A] his _ hand.
[G] _ Oh, _ [D] Miguel, the mother [G] cried, _ [D] you should run some or you'll die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So the story is told of his [Bm] true love, crossed a line.
_ [G] _ _
Strong as the oak and [Bm] as sweet as the vine.
_ [G] _ _
And [A] the child she bore [F#m] him came on [Bm] the fateful morning
[Em] _ _
when they sent him to [A] his final _ _ rest.
Oh, my [Bm] young Miguel, _ _ _ I [D] will never tell,
_ _ No one will [Bm] ever _ know,
_ _ [D] Oh, too well, _ _ _ _ then she'd smile and [G] hold the child [D] to her breast.
[G] And she'd say, I have [D] no fear, [G] I'm waiting for you
to cross the border, [A] to swim the river,
[D] cause you've done that before.
[G] _ [A] To see your true [Bm] love smile and face [E] a hundred _ [A] times _ more.
[G] _ Oh, [D] my sweet Miguel, [G] she cried, _ [A] I'll love you till _ [D] I die.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _