Magdalena — Brandon Flowers
Chords and lyrics for Magdalena by Brandon Flowers (key of C).
Intro
[C-Am-G]
[F-G-C]
Verse 1
[C]Please don’t tell me [Am]I can’t [G]make it
[F]It aint gunna do me [G]any [C]good
[C]And please don’t offer me your [Am]modern [G]methods
[F]Of fixing the carve this [G]out of [C]wood
[C]From Nogales to [Am][G]Magdalena there [F]sixty miles of [G]sacred [C]road
[C]And the promise is made to [Am]those who [G]venture; [F]San Francisco will [G]lift your
[C]load
[C-Am-G]
[F-G-C]
Verse 2
[C]In the land [Am]of [G]old sonora
[F]a shallow river [G]valley [C]cries
[C]The summer left her [Am]without [G]forgiveness
[F]It’s mirrored in her [G]children’s [C]eyes
[C]Prodigal sons and [Am]wayward [G]daughters
[F]Carry mandas that [G]they [C]might
[C]Be delivered from the [Am]depths of [G]darkness
[F]And born again by [G]candle [C]light
[F]And born again by [G]candle [C]light
[C-Am-G]
[F-G-C]
Verse 3
[G]Blisters on my [C]feet [G]wooden [Am]rosary
[G]I felt them in my [C]pocket as I [G]ran[F]
[G]A bullet in the [C]night, a [G]Federales' [Am]light
[G]San Francisco [C]do you [G]understand[F]
[C]Tell Him that I [Am]made the [G]journey and [F]tell Him that my [G]heart is [C]true
Am C D F . . .
I’d like His blessing of forgiveness before the angels send it through
key change
[D]And I will know that [Bm]I am [A]clean now and [G]I will dance and the [A]band will [D]play
[D]In the old out [Bm]to [A]cantina cups will [G]runneth over the [A]ancient [D]clay
[D]And if I should fall to [Bm][A]temptation when [G]I return to the [A]evil [D]throws
[D]From Nogales to [Bm][A]Magdalena as a [G]two time beggar [A]I will [D]go where [A]I know I can
[Bm]be [A]forgiven
The [G]broken heart of [A][D]Mexico[D-Bm-A]
The [G]broken heart of [A][D]Mexico[D-Bm-A]
The [G]broken heart of [A][D]Mexico
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