Here is how steve does it. Played in 3/4. It's late here in England. I will check in the morning to see if i've put the chords in right!!
SAN MIGUEL
Jane Bowers
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Down by the mission San Miguel is a great house wherein dwell Don
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Carlos and La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell.
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I work at the ranch. I saddle her mare. I ride with the gun behind
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as she visits her friends here and there.
She says, "Thank you, Manuel," or, "Manuel, por favor," or "Good ev'ning, Manuel,"
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La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell.
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I dream of the mission San Miguel and it says to me, the mission bell, G
"She is married, Manuel, the wife of the rancher, Don Carlos
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Cantrell.
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You serve at the ranch. You hold her chair. You carry her boxes,
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trunks, letters, and books here and there.
AM EM AM EM
But I hear with my heart what she says with her eyes with, "Good
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ev'ning, Manuel," or "Manuel, por favor,"
Or, "The carriage, Manuel," oh "Manuel, close the door."