TonyP sent this MIDI. The lyrics are from the Digital Tradition. Any background information on the song, and any corrections needed for the DT lyrics?
I listened to the Easy Riders recording and added a number of corrections. Note that the songwriter was Terry Gilkyson.
-Joe-

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GOODBYE CHIQUITA (GOODBYE MY CHIQUITA)
(Terry Gilkyson)

CHORUS
Adios, farewell, goodbye my chiquita,
My love for you was never my crime,
Adios, farewell, goodbye senorita,
I leave the love of a man in his prime.

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, a get rich quick scrambler,
I follow the laws that I make on my own,
Had to run to, take my gun to, south of the border,
But I ain't the kind who can live all alone.

CHORUS
Adios, farewell, goodbye my chiquita,
My love for you was never my crime,
Adios, farewell, goodbye senorita,
I leave the love of a man in his prime.

Just a-riding and hiding, my time I was biding,
Till I met my love in a small village square,
Took her off right beside me with nothing to guide me,
Nothing but stars shining down in her hair.

Like a fool I adored her---took her back to the border,
So we could be married till death do us part,
But the posse was waitin' and the wild gun of Satan,
Shattered the love in my poor darling's heart.

CHORUS
Adios, farewell, goodbye my chiquita,
My love for you was never my crime,
Adios, farewell, goodbye senorita,
Adios to love that died in its prime.


Terry Gilkyson and the EASYRIDERS did this song on an old LP. 1950's I think the hit song for them was "MARYANN" (Down by the seaside sifting sand---Even little children love Maryann...) God knows why I saved these lyrics. The tune was pretty nice as I remember it.

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