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: B   Bb|

CHORUS:

A               |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B                              |E    B7
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 1:

         |E
Now the ha-cienda's so dark,
           |B
the town is sleeping.
       |B                B7
Now the time has come to part,
              |E        E7|
the time's for weeping.

CHORUS:

A               |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B                              |E    B7
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 2:

       |E
Now the village mission bells,
          |B
are softly ringing.
          |B                B7
And if you listen with your heart,
                |E        E7|
you'll hear them singing.

CHORUS:

A               |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B                              |E
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

BRIDGE:

    |E7
Wher-ever you may be,
          |A
I'll be be-side you, oh yes I will.
   |E7                               |A
Al-though you're many, many dreams a-way.
    |F#
Each night I say a prayer,
           |B
a prayer to guide you, oh yes, I will.
  |F#                       F#7
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour,
               |B    B7  |
of ev'ry lonely day, o-h.

VERSE 3:

       |E
Now the dawn is breakin',
                 |B
through a grey to-morrow.
       |B                B7
Let the memories that we share,
                  |E       E7  |
are still there to-morrow, yeah.

CHORUS/OUTRO: 

A               |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B                              |E             E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

A               |E          |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B                              |E             E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

(in fade out:)

A               |E          |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B                              |E
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.