Vaya Con Dios Chords & Lyrics by The Cats

Vaya Con Dios

guitar chords lyrics

The Cats

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 A#|

CHORUS:

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B |E B7
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 1:

|E
Now the ha-cienda's so dark,
|B
the town is sleeping.
|B B7
Now the time has come to part,
|E E7|
the time's for weeping.

CHORUS:

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B |E B7
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.

VERSE 2:

|E
Now the village mission bells,
|B
are softly ringing.
|B B7
And if you listen with your heart,
|E E7|
you'll hear them singing.

CHORUS:

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B |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#7
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour,
|B B7 |
of ev'ry lonely day, o-h.

VERSE 3:

|E
Now the dawn is breakin',
|B
through a grey to-morrow.
|B B7
Let the memories that we share,
|E E7 |
are still there to-morrow, yeah.

CHORUS/OUTRO:

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling,
B |E E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B |E E7|
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love, oh, oh, oh.

(in fade out:)

A |E |
Vaya con Dios my darling, oh,
B |E
Vaya con Dios, Vaya con Dios my love.