VAYA CON DIOS: The CATS (Russell/James/Pepper - 1953) 4/4 - 51

The song was recorded by The Cats in 1969, and released on
single in 1972. It peaked on nr. 3 in the Dutch Top-40,
and it charted for 14 weeks.

 | %    | : Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.

       / / /  (downbeats)
INTRO: B5   Bb5

CHORUS:

A5               E5      
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B5                              E5    B5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 1:

         E5
Now the ha-cienda's so dark,
           B5
the town is sleeping.
       B5                B5
Now the time has come to part,
              E5        E5
the time's for weeping.

CHORUS:

A5               E5      
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B5                              E5    B5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 2:

       E5
Now the village mission bells,
          B5
are softly ringing.
          B5                B5
And if you listen with your heart,
                E5        E5
you'll hear them singing.

CHORUS:

A5               E5      
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B5                              E5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

BRIDGE:

    E5
Wher-ever you may be,
          A5
I'll be be-side you, oh yes I will.
   E5                               A5
Al-though you're many, many dreams a-way.
    F#5
Each night I say a prayer,
           B5
a prayer to guide you, oh yes, I will.
  F#5                       F#5
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour,
               B5    B5  
of ev'ry lonely day, o-h.

VERSE 3:

       E5
Now the dawn is breakin',
                 B5
through a grey to-morrow.
       B5                B5
Let the memories that we share,
                  E5       E5  
are still there to-morrow, yeah.

CHORUS/OUTRO: 

A5               E5      
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B5                              E5             E5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

A5               E5          
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B5                              E5             E5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

(in fade out:)

A5               E5          
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B5                              E5
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.