Note:  I've listed the chord on the refrain over "Rose" as a Cm.
       I'm not sure if this is correct but it is played the same as a
       Bm only on the third fret instead of the second.


G5  E5  G5  E5

    G5                       B5        C5                           G5
Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back
G5                             B5         C5                         G5
Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back
G5                               E5
Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River
       G5                     E5
By the light of a ragged moonbeam
          C5        C5             G5     E5
Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin


E5            G5                   B5           C5           G5
I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise
G5                          B5              C5                     G5
Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes
G5                              E5
Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs
G5                      E5
"Volver, Volver" in my dreams
      C5        C5          G5
And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
G5                   E5
Caught somewhere between
    C5            C5             G5     E5
The road and the Rose of San Joaquin


E5     G5                      B5             C5                      G5
Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew
G5                                    B5
Making love through the night by the river
         C5                          G5
Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you
G5                        E5
Alone on this highway of darkness
G5                       E5
You are the light of my dreams
      C5        C5             G5
And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
G5                   E5
Caught somewhere between
    C5            C5             G5     E5
The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

G5  E5  C5  C5  G5