For The Hand Of Magdalena Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A C♯m Bm

1, 2, 3, 4...

A C♯m Bm

E D

Verse 1

F♯mYou couldn't beliAeve when they told you that she'd nBmever been 'round here beDfore

F♯mThought she hung out in the ColAogne hotel or with the CBmubans in the Puerto del DSol

 And Bmwhen she Dsmiled, all you thought about was Arunning up Suicide BmHill

 And F♯mnothing short of a bAullet could've broken your wDill

Chorus

 And all for the Ahand of MagdaC♯mlenaBm

 Your boots pAlanted in the soil C♯mof SBmpain

 Like her Etears in the Spanish rDain

 All for the Ahand of MagdaC♯mlenaBm

|A C♯m Bm :|| X 2

E D

A C♯m

Verse 2

Clark Gable with a bayonet, you never thought anyone could look so cool

And she could handle that Soviet pistol like she learned to do it in school

And you fell in love in an air-raid, bombshell sanctioned attraction

You were wet with fear, she was wet with passion

Chorus

And all for the hand of Magdalena

Your boots planted in the soil of Spain

Like her tears in the Spanish rain

All for the hand of Magdalena

Bridge

EYour mother could Dnever understand why her Eson took the call to Aarms

 And her Efather could Dnever understand how she could Efall for you Republican Acharms

 MagdaBmlena, MagdaElena, MagdalDena, the choice was never ours...

Solo

Over verse chords

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Verse 3

In a week and a half you'll be walking down 42nd Street again

And you can read it in the New York Times they're plagiarizing Ernest Hemingway

And you can touch that spot where a Fascist bullet nearly severed your arm

But that's nothing like the way that your soul was scarred

Chorus

And all for the hand of Magdalena

Your heart broken in the soil of Spain

Like her tears in the Spanish rain

All for the hand of Magdalena

Your blood's red like the soil of Spain

Like her tears in the Spanish rain

All for the hand of Magdalena

The hand of Magdalena

The hand of Magdalena