Dylan version
(a cappella:)
CGFC
Broke her heart, lost my own
GDmC
Adios mi corazon
CGFC
Spanish is the loving tongue
CG7FG7
Soft as music, light as spray
CGFC
'Twas a girl I learned it from
G7FG7CCsus2
Living down Sonora way
CG7FC
Well I don't look much like a lover
CG7FG7
Still I say her loved words over
CG7FC
Mostly when I'm all alone!
CG7FG7CsCsus2
Mi amor, Mi corazn
CG7
La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
GC
La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
CG7
La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
GC
La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la.
Haven't seen her since that night,
I can't cross the line, you know.
They want me for the gamblin' fight
Like as not it's better so.
Still I've always kind of missed her
Since that last sad night I kissed her;
Broke her heart, lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon.
Broke her heart, lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon.
"Adios, mi corazon.
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Rolling Thunder Revue version
GC
Spanish is the loving tongue
GDC
Soft as music, light as spray
GC
'Twas a girl I learned it from
GAm7GG/G
Living down Sonora way
GDCGG/G
I don't look much like a lover
GBmAm7
Still I hear those loved words over
GDAm7
Mostly when I'm all alone!
GBmAm7G
Mi amor, Mi corazn
On the nights that I would ride
She would listen for my spurs,
Throw that big door open wide,
GBmAm7G
Raise those laughing eyes of hers.
Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
All too soon I'd hear her sighin'
GBmAm7
In her sweet and quiet tone
"Mi amor, mi corazon."
But I had to fly one time
All 'cause of a stupid gamblin' fight,
And so we said a swift goodbye
On that dark, unlucky night.
How oftentimes to me she's clingin'
And in my ears the hoofsbeats ringin',
As I galloped north alone
"Adios, mi corazon."
GBmAm7
Haven't seen her since that night,
I can't cross the line, you know.
GBmAm7
She was Mex and I was white;
Like as not it's better so.
GDAm7GG/G
Still I've always kind of missed her
Since that last wild night I kissed her;
GBmAm7
I broke her heart, lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon."
Moonlight on the patio,
Old señora nodding near,
Me and Juana talking low
So the Madre couldn't hear.
Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
And too soon i'd hear her sighin'
In her little sorry tone
"Adios, mi corazon."
Outtake version
{c:One of the most beautiful tracks Dylan has ever recorded, and
certainly the best version of this song, ever, with superbly loose
piano playing.
The rhythm is at times a bit... eccentric – don't expect the rigours
of the barlines to coincide with the phrasing.
It is played in Ab major, so the best option on a guitar is to put a
capo on the first fret and play in G.
The chord that I have called Bm seems at times to be played Bm7+5
(x2403x), at times even as a G/B.}
GBmCG
Spanish is the loving tongue
GBmAmDD11
Soft as music, light as spray
GBmCG
'Twas a girl I learned it from
GBmCD1GGsus4
Living down Sonora way
GBmCG
I don't look much like a lover
GBmCDD11
Still I hear her loved words over
GBmC /BG
Mostly when I'm all a-lone!
GDAm7G
Mi amor, Mi corazón
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GCG
On the nights that I would ride *) |------------------
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She would listen for my spurs, |---------2--0-----
G Bm C G |------2---2---2---
Throw that big door open wide, |-0----------------
C Em Am D11 |------------------
Raise those laughing eyes of hers. '
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GBmCGC
Oh, how those hours would go a-flyin!
GBmCDD11
All too soon I would hear her sighin'
GBmCG
In her sweet and quiet tone
GBmD11G
"Mi amor, mi corazon."
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GBmCG
Haven't seen, haven't seen her since that night,
GBm/F#CDD11
I can't cross, I can't cross the line, you know.
GBmCG
They want me for a gambeling fight
GBmCG
Like as not it's better so.
GBmCG
Still I've always kind of missed her
GBmCAm
Since that last sad night I kissed her
GBmCG
I broke her heart, left my own
GBmD11G
"Adios, mi corazon."
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