Chord/Tab song: Spanish Is the Loving Tongue

Dylan version
(a cappella:)
[C]Broke her [G]heart, [F]lost [C]my own
Adi[G]os [Dm]mi cora[C]zon
[C] Spanish is[G7] [F] the loving [C]tongue
[C] Soft as [G7]music, [F]light as [G7]spray
[C] 'Twas a girl[G7] [F] I learned it [C]from
Living [G7]down So[F]no[G7]ra [C]way[Csus2]
Well [C]I don't [G7]look much [F]like a [C]lover
[C]Still I [G7]say [F] her loved words [G7]over
[C] Mostly [G7]when [F] I'm all a[C]lone!
[C] Mi [G7]amor, [F]Mi c[G7]ora[Csus4]zn[C][Csus2][C]
[C] [G7]

La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.

[G7] [C]

La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.

[C] [G7]

La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.

[G7] [C]

La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la.

Haven't seen her since that night,
I can't cross the line, you know.
They want me for the gamblin' fight
Like as not it's better so.
Still I've always kind of missed her
Since that last sad night I kissed her;
Broke her heart, lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon.
Broke her heart, lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon.
"Adios, mi corazon.

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Rolling Thunder Revue version

[G] Spanish is[C] the loving tongue
[G] Soft as music,[D] light as spray[C]
[G] 'Twas a girl[C] I learned it from
[G] Living down [Am7]Sonora [G]way[C/G][G]
[G] I don't [D]look[C] much like a [G]lover[C/G][G]
[G] Still I [Bm]hear [Am7] those loved words over
[G] Mostly [D]when [Am7] I'm all alone!
[G] Mi [Bm]amor,[Am7] Mi cora[G]zn
On the nights that I would ride
She would listen for my spurs,
Throw that big door open wide,
[G]Raise those [Bm]laughing [Am7]eyes of [G]hers.
Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
All too soon I'd hear her sighin'
[G]In her [Bm]sweet and [Am7]quiet tone
"Mi amor, mi corazon."
But I had to fly one time
All 'cause of a stupid gamblin' fight,
And so we said a swift goodbye
On that dark, unlucky night.
How oftentimes to me she's clingin'
And in my ears the hoofsbeats ringin',
As I galloped north alone
"Adios, mi corazon."
[G]Haven't [Bm]seen[Am7] her since that night,
I can't cross the line, you know.
[G]She was [Bm]Mex[Am7] and I was white;
Like as not it's better so.
[G]Still I've [D]always[Am7] kind of [G]missed her[C/G][G]
Since that last wild night I kissed her;
[G]I broke her [Bm]heart,[Am7] lost my own
"Adios, mi corazon."

Moonlight on the patio,
Old señora nodding near,
Me and Juana talking low
So the Madre couldn't hear.
Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
And too soon i'd hear her sighin'
In her little sorry tone
"Adios, mi corazon."
Outtake version



[G] Spanish [Bm]is the [C]loving [G]tongue
[G] Soft as [Bm]music, [Am]light as[D] spray[D11]
[G] 'Twas a [Bm]girl I [C]learned it [G]from
[G] Living [Bm]down So[C]nor[D11]a [G]way[Gsus4][G]
[G] I don't [Bm]look much [C]like a [G]lover
[G] Still I [Bm]hear her [C]loved words [D]over[D11]
[G] Mostly [Bm]when I'm [C]all[/B] a-[G]lone!
[G] Mi a[D]mor, Mi [Am7]cora[G]zón

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[G] Oh, how those [Bm]hours [C]would [G]go a-[C]flyin!
[G]All too [Bm]soon I would [C]hear her [D]sighin[D11]'
[G]In her [Bm]sweet[C] and quiet [G]tone
[G] "Mi[Bm] amor[D11], mi cora[G]zon."

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[G] Haven't see[Bm]n, [C]haven't seen her since that ni[G]ght,
[G] I can't [Bm/F#]cross, I can't cr[C]oss the line, you kn[D]ow.[D11]
[G] They want me fo[Bm]r [C] a gambeling [G]fight
[G] Like as n[Bm]ot it's [C]better so[G].
[G] Still I've [Bm]always [C] kind of mis[G]sed her
[G] Since that l[Bm]ast sad[C] night I [Am]kissed her
[G] I broke her [Bm]heart,[C] left my ow[G]n
[G] "[Bm];Ad[D11]ios, mi c[G]orazon."

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