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Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back 
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Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back 
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Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River 
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By the light of a ragged moonbeam 
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Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin 
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I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise 
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Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes 
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Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs 
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"Volver, Volver" in my dreams 
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And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin 
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Caught somewhere between 
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The road and the Rose of San Joaquin 
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Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew 
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Making love through the night by the river  
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Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you 
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Alone on this highway of darkness 
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You are the light of my dreams 
      C5        C5             G5 
And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin 
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Caught somewhere between 
    C5            C5             G5     E5 
The road and the Rose of San Joaquin 

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