Capo 1st Fret
Intro:
C5 - A5 - G5
F5 - G5 - C5 

Verse 1:
C5                    A5      G5
Please don?t tell me I can?t make it
F5                   G5    C5
It aint gunna do me any good
C5                               A5     G5
And please don?t offer me your modern methods
F5                        G5      C5
Of fixing the carve this out of wood
C5                   A5   G5          F5              G5      C5
From long alleys to Magdalena there sixty miles of sacred road
C5                          A5        G5        F5                  G5         C5
And the promise is made to those who venture; San Francisco will lift your load

C5 - A5 - G5
F5 - G5 - C5 

Verse 2:
C5           A5   G5
In the land of old sonora 
F5               G5      C5       
a shallow river valley cries
C5                       A5  G5
The summer left her without forgiveness 
F5                    G5          C5
It?s mirrored in her children?s eyes
C5                 A5      G5
Prodigal sons and wayward daughters
F5                        G5    C5                          
Carrying morn dolls that they might 
C5                     A5        G5
Be delivered from the depths of darkness
F5                 G5      C5
And born again by candle light
F5                 G5      C5
And born again by candle light

C5 - A5 - G5
F5 - G5 - C5 

Verse:
G5              C5    G5          A5
Blisters on my feet wooden rosary
G5                 C5           G5        F5
I felt them in my pocket as I ran
G5               C5        G5              A5
A bullet in the night, a feather always light
G5             C5           G5            F5
San Francisco do you understand

C5                A5       G5           A5                G5        C5
Tell them that I made the journey and tell them that my heart is true
A5                    C5      D5       F5                               . . . up A5 key
I?d like his blessing of forgiveness before the angels send it through

D5                    B5   A5             G5                    A5         D5
And I will know that I am clean now and I will dance and the band will play
D5            B5      A5              G5                A5       D5
In the old I too can Tina cups will runneth over the ancient clay
D5                       B5  A5           G5               A5    D5
And if I should fall to temptation when I return to the evil throws
D5                   B5   A5             G5           A5      D5        A5            B5    A5
From long alleys to Magdalena as a two time beggar I will go where I know I can be forgiven
    G5               A5   D5       D5 - B5 - A5             
The broken heart of Mexico
    G5               A5   D5       D5 - B5 - A5             
The broken heart of Mexico
    G5               A5   D5              
The broken heart of Mexico