For The Hand Of Magdalena

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[F#m]You couldn't beli[A]eve when they told you that she'd n[Bm]ever been 'round here be[D]fore
[F#m]Thought she hung out in the Col[A]ogne hotel or with the C[Bm]ubans in the Puerto del [D]Sol
And [Bm]when she [D]smiled, all you thought about was [A]running up Suicide [Bm]Hill
And [F#m]nothing short of a b[A]ullet could've broken your w[D]ill

And all for the [A]hand of Magda[C#m]lena[Bm]
Your boots p[A]lanted in the soil [C#m]of S[Bm]pain
Like her [E]tears in the Spanish r[D]ain
All for the [A]hand of Magda[C#m]lena[Bm]

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Clark Gable with a bayonet, you never thought anyone could look so cool
And she could handle that Soviet pistol like she learned to do it in school
And you fell in love in an air-raid, bombshell sanctioned attraction
You were wet with fear, she was wet with passion

And all for the hand of Magdalena
Your boots planted in the soil of Spain
Like her tears in the Spanish rain
All for the hand of Magdalena

[E]Your mother could [D]never understand why her [E]son took the call to [A]arms
And her [E]father could [D]never understand how she could [E]fall for you Republican [A]charms
Magda[Bm]lena, Magda[E]lena, Magdal[D]ena, the choice was never ours...


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In a week and a half you'll be walking down 42nd Street again
And you can read it in the New York Times they're plagiarizing Ernest Hemingway
And you can touch that spot where a Fascist bullet nearly severed your arm
But that's nothing like the way that your soul was scarred


And all for the hand of Magdalena
Your heart broken in the soil of Spain
Like her tears in the Spanish rain
All for the hand of Magdalena
Your blood's red like the soil of Spain
Like her tears in the Spanish rain
All for the hand of Magdalena
The hand of Magdalena
The hand of Magdalena