Pablo And Maria

[Verso 1]


Am                  C 
Pablo Escavado took Maria for his bride, 
Dm                F 
dead of winter 1885. 
Am                             C 
A bitter snow was falling as a dozen ragged men, 
Dm                            F 
surrounded the little chapel, trapping Pablo in. 
Am                                 C 
They called out surrender or we’ll burn the whole place down. 
Dm                                  F 
Pablo whispered death can’t hurt me now. 
Am                      C 
Stay here my Maria, and remember me this way. 
Dm                                           F 
Then he kissed her lips and they dragged him away. 


[Refrão]

F              G 
She heard him, calling to her 
F            C 
Sweet Maria, can you hear me? 
G                              Am 
Muffled echoes up and down the frozen canyon walls. 
F      C 
Maria, how I love you! 
G                                           Dm 
Till the lonesome sound had nowhere else to go 
Dm                          C       Am      C    Dm    F 
And it was swallowed in the January snow 


[Verso 2]


Am                                   C 
Silence fell; the solemn priest said God will avenge my child. 
Dm                                   F 
Maria just stared right through him, hollow eyed and wild. 
Am                                  C 
Stumbling into the muddy street she lifted her eyes to see, 
Dm                                  F 
the twisting awkward silhouette now still beneath the tree. 
Am                                C 
No one dared to touch her and she left her lover there, 
Dm                                      F 
and ran down toward the river, with the wind whipping her hair. 
Am                                         C 
The snowflakes swirled behind her like the finest flowing train, 
Dm                                          F 
and the north wind moaned and whispered, as if it knew her name. 


[Refrão]

F                   G 
She swore she still heard him calling. 
F            C 
Sweet Maria, can you hear me? 
G                              Am 
Muffled echoes up and down the frozen canyon walls. 
F      C 
Maria, how I love you! 
G                                          Dm 
Till she reached the edge of the river far below, 
Dm                 C       Am      C    Dm    F 
and leapt into the January snow. 


[Verso 3]


Am                                  C 
If you’re ever down in Texas in the January snow, 
Dm                                     F 
and you hear a mournful whisper in the North wind as it blows. 
Am                                       C 
You may feel the lonesome presence, of a lady all in white, 
Dm                       F 
weeping in the distance, just out of your sight. 


Outro 

F                 G 
You may hear him, calling to her 
F         C 
Sweet Mariaaaaaaa! 
G                              Am 
Muffled echoes up and down the frozen canyon walls. 
F      C 
Maria, how I love you! 
G                                           Dm 
Till the lonesome sound had nowhere else to go, 
Dm                          C       Am 
and it was swallowed in the January snow.