Fernando

[Intro]  
[A]    [D]   [D] [E] [D]  [D] [E] [A]  

[Verse 1]  
                          [A]  
Can you hear the drums Fernando?  
                                   [A/G#]       [F#m]  
I remember long ago another starry night like this  
                    [Bm]  
In the firelight Fernando  
                                                          [E]  
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar  
                         [E7]  
I could hear the distant drums and sounds   
                                 [A]  
of bugle calls were coming from afar  

[Verse 2]  
                        [A]  
They were closer now Fernando  
                                               [F#m]  
Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally  
                   [Bm]  
I was so afraid Fernando  
                                                          [E]  
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die  

And I'm not ashamed to say the roar of guns and cannons  
        [A]  
Almost made me cry  

[Chorus]  
                           [E7]  
There was something in the air that night  
                          [A]  
The stars were bright, Fernando  
                            [E7]                          [A]  
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando  
                [Gdim]                  [F#7]              [B]  
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret  
                   [E7]                              [A]  
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando  
                   [E7]                                 [D]  
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando  

[Instrumental Bridge]  
[D]    [E]     [D/F#]  
[D/F#] [E/G#]  [A]  
[D]  
[A]  

[Verse 3]  
                          [A]  
Now we're old and grey Fernando  
                                                    [F#m]  
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand  
                          [Bm]  
Can you hear the drums Fernando?  
                                                         [E]  
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?  
                     [E7]  
I can see it in your eyes how proud you were to fight  
                    [A]  
For freedom in this land  

[Chorus 2]  
                           [E7]  
There was something in the air that night  
                          [A]  
The stars were bright, Fernando  
                            [E7]                          [A]  
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando  
                [Gdim]                  [F#7]              [B]  
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret  
                   [E7]                              [A]  
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando  

                           [E7]  
There was something in the air that night  
                          [A]  
The stars were bright, Fernando  
                            [E7]                          [A]  
They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando  
                [Gdim]                  [F#7]              [B]  
Though we never thought that we could lose, there's no regret  
                   [E7]                              [A]  
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando  
                      [E7]                                 [D]  
As if I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando  
 (fade-out starts)  
                   [E7]                              [A]  
If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando