Fernando
ABBA

Midi 1(A104)
Midi 2(A104)
Midi 3(A96)
Midi 4(A104)*-harp


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11 measure lead-in...

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|  Can you hear the drums Fer | nando? |    I remember long a | go a nother starry night like |
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| this.   |   In the firelight Fer | nando,    |   you were humming to your |
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| self and softly strumming your gui | tar.  I could hear the distant |
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| drums and sounds of bugle calls were | coming from afar. |    |


 r  5    5   5  -5  -5  6     6  6   Rr  5  5 5 -5 -5  6    6  -5   -5    5   5 -4 -4 4
| They were closer now Fer | nando, |   ev'ry hour ev'ry | minute seemed to last eternal |
   4 RRR  Rr -5  -5 -5 6  6    -6    -6 6 -6  Rr -5  -5    -5   6    6  -6
| ly.    |    I was so afraid Fer | nando,   |   we were young and full of |
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| life, and none of us prepared to | die. And I'm not ashamed to |
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| say the roar of guns and cannons | almost made me cry. |    |

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| There was something in the | air that night, the stars | were bright, Ferna | ndo. |
 R  7    7    7  7    7    7     -7  6  -5r 7  -7  R 6 -5 R -7 -6   6 6     5    5
| They were shining there for | you and me for li | berty, Fernan | ndo. Though we |
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| never thought that we could lose, | there's no re e | gret. | If I had to do the |
    -7 6 -5   7   -7    R 6   -5  r  5  -4   4 4   R 7 7  7   7  7  7
| same again, I would, | my friend, Fernan | ndo. | If I had to do the |
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| same again, I would, | my friend, Fernan | do. |      |      |      |    |      |      |


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|  Now we're old and grey Fer | nando, |  and since many years I | haven't seen a rifle in your |
    4  RR  Rr -5  -5  -5   6    6    -6    -6 6 -6  Rr -5  -5   -5   6 6    -6
| hand.   |  Can you hear the drums Fer | nando?   |   Do you still recall the |
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| fateful night we crossed the Rio Gran | de?  I can see it in your |
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| eyes how proud you were to fight for | freedom in this land. |    |

 R  7    7    7   7    7  7     -7   6    -5    7    -7   R  6    -5  r  -7-6   6 6
| There was something in the | air that night, the stars | were bright, Ferna | ndo. |
 R  7    7    7  7    7    7     -7  6  -5r 7  -7  R 6 -5 R -7 -6   6 6     5    5
| They were shining there for | you and me for li | berty, Fernan | ndo. Though we |
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| never thought that we could lose, | there's no re gr | et. |  If I had to do the |
    -7 6 -5  r7   -7    R 6   -5  r  5  -4   4 4  
| same again, I would, | my friend, Fernan | ndo. |

 R  7    7    7   7    7  7     -7   6    -5    7    -7   R  6    -5  r  -7-6   6 6
| There was something in the | air that night, the stars | were bright, Ferna | ndo. |
 R  7    7    7  7    7    7     -7  6  -5r 7  -7  R 6 -5 R -7 -6   6 6     5    5
| They were shining there for | you and me for li | berty, Fernan | ndo. Though we |
   5 5     5      5  -5   6  r -6---->   5    -5  5  5   -4  R R 7    7   7  7  7
| never thought that we could lose, | there's no re gr | et. |  If I had to do the |
    -7 6 -5  r7   -7    R 6   -5  r  5  -4   4 4  
| same again, I would, | my friend, Fernan | ndo. |

 
 R 7 7  7   7  7  7     -7  6  -5 r 7   -7    R 6   -5  r  5  -4    4 4
| If I had to do the | same again,  I would, | my friend, Fernan | do.  |
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| If I had to do the | same again,  I would, | my friend, Fernan | do.  | fade out...
 

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