Spanish Is The Loving Tongue

Written by: Marc Williams Ellis/Charles Clark
Outtake from the “Self Portrait” sessions (1969)
Now on: " The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: C
Key: Db/C#
For original chords transpose +1

Intro

| C | Em | F   F/G | C |
| C | Em | F | G |

Verse

C         Em  F           C
 Spanish is     the loving tongue
C         Em    F         G
  Soft as music, light as spray
C          Em   F              C/G
  It was a girl   I learned it from
C        Em   F     G  C
  Living down   Sonora way
C               Em   F             C/G
  Well, I don't look   much like a lover
C/G       Em   F                G
  Still I hear   her love words over
C        Em   F          C/G
  Mostly when   I'm all alone
F     C/G  G      F/G C
  Mi amor,   mi cora--zon

Interlude

| C | Em | F   F/G | C |

Verse

C        Em    F              C/G
  On the night   that I would ride
C           Em     F        G
  She would listen   for my spurs
C            Em       F      C/G
  Throw that big door   open wide
C/G           Em       G F/G   C
  Raise those laughing eyes of hers
C         Em    F            C/G
  Oh, how night   would go a-flyin’
C        Em    F            G
  All too soon   I hear her sighin’
C        Em    F           C/G
  In her sweet   and quiet tone
F     C/G  G      F/G C
  Mi amor,   mi cora--zon

Interlude

| C | Em | F   F/G | C |

Verse

C           Em  F                C/G
  Haven't seen    her since that night
C         Em    F              G
  I can't cross   the line you know
C              Em  F             C/G
  They want me for   a gamblin' fight
C/G       Em   G         F/G C
  Like as not    it's better so
C         Em     F                   C
  Still I always   kind of missed her
C            Em       F       G
  Since that last sad night I kissed her
C          Em     F            C/G
  Left her heart,   I broke my own
F    C/G  G      F/G C
  Adios,    mi cora--zon