Intro D E D D/F# E/G# A

A Can you hear the drums Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like F#m this
In the firelight Fer-Bm nando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your gui-E tar
I could hear the distant drums
and sounds of bugle calls were coming from a-A far

A They were closer now Fernando
Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternal-F#m ly
I was so afraid Fer-Bm nando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to E die
And I’m not ashamed to say
the roar of guns and cannons almost made me A cry

There was something in the E air that night
The stars were bright, Fer-A nando
They were shining there for E you and me, for liberty, Fer-A nando

Though we Adim never thought that we could F# lose
There’s no re-B7 gret
If I had to do the E same again, I would, my friend, Fer-A nando
If I had to do the E same again, I would, my friend
Fer-D nando E D – D/F# E/G# A

Inter A D A E A

Now we’re A old and grey Fernando
And since many years I haven’t seen a rifle in your F#m hand
Can you hear the drums Fer-Bm nando?
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio E Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
how proud you were to fight for freeedom in this A land

There was something in the E air that night
The stars were bright, Fer-A nando
They were shining there for E you and me, for liberty, Fer-A nando

Though we Adim never thought that we could F# lose
There’s no re-B7 gret
If I had to do the E same again, I would, my friend, Fer-A nando

There was something in the E air that night
The stars were bright, Fer-A nando
They were shining there for E you and me, for liberty, Fer-A nando

Though we Adim never thought that we could F# lose
There’s no re-B7 gret
If I had to do the E same again, I would, my friend, Fer-A nando
Yes if I had to do the E same again, I would, my friend, Fer-A nando …