Marty Robbins – Ava Maria Morales (Guitar)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Bb Eb A long time ago in the small border town of Nogalas F Bb There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales Bb Eb Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun F And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked Bb On a ranch just outside of Tucson Bb Eb Diamonds he gave to her caused many people to say F Bb How could he give her such diamonds as these
on thirty a month cowboy pay
Bb Eb She paid no attention to what they said or what they did F 'Cause she never doubted he worked on a ranch Bb out of Tucson like he said Bb Eb Then to Nogalas one mormin' came ridin' a stranger F Bb He wore a badge on the front of his vest,
the new one in town was a Ranger
Bb Eb And he showed some pictures of outlaws and bandits he chased F And one of the pictures caused Ava Maria Bb To turn with fear on her face
[Chorus]
Eb Ava Maria Bb It's true what they said F Your cowboy's an outlaw Bb With a price on his head
[Verse 2]
Bb Eb The Ranger left town on the trail of the outlaws he hunted F Ava Maria prayed he'd never catch Bb the cowboy she loved and she wanted Bb Eb 'Cause deep in her heart she beleived that the Ranger was wrong F The outlaw just looked like the cowboy that worked Bb On the ranch just outside of Tucson Bb Eb True love would never let Ava Maria believe it F And there in her window each evenin' she'd light Bb A candle and hoped he would see it Bb Eb The years turned her dark hair to silver but love still lived on F She prayed every night for the cowboy that worked Bb On the ranch just outside of Tucson Bb Eb One night the town of Nogalas was saddened to see F The window where Ava Maria would watch Bb was dark where a light used to be Bb Eb Some love stories live for a while and then they are gone F Bb For over a century the story of Ava Maria has lived on and on
[Outro]
Eb Ava Maria Bb If your spirit lives on F I hope you have found him Bb At the ranch just outside of Tucson