Did You Hear the Spanish Lady
E
Did you hear the Spanish Lady
A E
She had a tale to tell about Christopher Columbus
B7
Who sailed around the world
E A A
She said that she had known him I asked her how she could
F#m E
*She said this world is full of many strange things
F#m E
She took my hand and smiled with the eyes of a thousand lives
B7
and somehow I understood
E
She said that she’d been a dancer
A E
and she’d worked on many farms Her husband had been a matador
B7
who unfortunately came to harm
E A
She said that she’d kissed Franco when I asked her how she could
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A E F#m C#m
Her stories went on forever her sharp black eyes explained
F#m C#m
that four hundred years ago
D D7
She was married to the King of Spain
E
My mouth it dropped right open
A E
but something said that she was telling the truth
B77
She said that Picasso had painted her whenever he could
E A A
She said that she had loved him when I asked her how she could
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E
She put her hand in her pocket
A E
She pulled out a gold Doubloon
B7
She said it came from a Galleon that had sailed about the moon
E A
It was a mermaids magic and when I asked her how she could
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