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 (x02220@1)             |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B (x2444x@1)                            |E    B7Vaya (x21202@1)con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 1:

|E
Now the ha-cienda's so dark,
           |B
the town is sleeping.
       |B                B7Now (x21202@1)the time has come to part,
              |E        E7|
the time's for weeping.

CHORUS:

A (x02220@1)             |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B (x2444x@1)                            |E    B7Vaya (x21202@1)con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 2:

|E
Now the village mission bells,
          |B
are softly ringing.
          |B                B7And (x21202@1)if you listen with your heart,
                |E        E7|
you'll hear them singing.

CHORUS:

A (x02220@1)             |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B (x2444x@1)                            |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#7To (242352@1)hasten ev'ry lonely hour,
               |B    B7 (x21202@1)|
of ev'ry lonely day, o-h.

VERSE 3:

|E
Now the dawn is breakin',
                 |B
through a grey to-morrow.
       |B                B7Let (x21202@1)the memories that we share,
                  |E       E7 (020130@1)|
are still there to-morrow, yeah.

CHORUS/OUTRO:

A (x02220@1)             |E      |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B (x2444x@1)                            |E             E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

A (x02220@1)             |E          |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B (x2444x@1)                            |E             E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

(in fade out:)

A (x02220@1)             |E          |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B (x2444x@1)                            |E
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.
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