June 1, 2023 • 525 words

• By Scott Mathson

Chords charts, lyrics, and guitar lesson for Evangelina (cover) by Colter Wall (written by Hoyt Axton) off of the self-titled Little Songs album released April 27, 2023.

Chords played

These are the guitar chords used in this song. Chord charts read as the strings and frets needing played (or muted - x).

  E ––––0–––––3–––––3–––––0–––––0–––––2–––––2–––––0
  B ––––0–––––2–––––0–––––2–––––2–––––1–––––3–––––1
  G ––––0–––––3–––––0–––––2–––––0–––––2–––––4–––––0
  D ––––2–––––0–––––0–––––2–––––2–––––0–––––4–––––2
  A ––––2–––––0–––––2–––––0–––––0–––––0–––––2–––––3
  E ––––0–––––0–––––3–––––0–––––0–––––0–––––2–––––3
        Em    D     G     A     A7    D7    Bm   C/G

Lyrics and chords for Evangelina (cover)

Intro: Em- - - D- - G- - -

  [Verse 1]
  G                   Em       D                      G
  And I dream in the morning,     that she brings me water;
  G                   A        A7                      D    D7
  And I dream in the evening,      that she brings me wine.
                     G         C                 G
  Just a poor man’s daughter,     from Porta Peñasco;
                D       D7             G
  South of the border,      in old Mexico.

  [Instrumental break]

  [Verse 2]
  G                     Em     D               G
  There’s a great hot desert,     south of Mexicali;
  G                   A     A7                   D    D7
  If you don’t have water,      you’d better not go.
                 G        C                G
  Tequila won’t get you,     across that desert;
           D     D7           G
  to Evangelina,    in old Mexico.

  [Chorus]
         Bm                C/G                 C          G
  And the fire I feel for the woman I love, is driving me insane;
                  D      D7                   G
  knowing she’s waiting,     and I can’t get there.
   Bm                    C/G              C             G
  God only knows that I rack my brain to try to find a way,
                  D     D7           G
  to reach that woman,      in old Mexico.

  [Verse 3]
  G            Em       D                  G
  And I met a kind man,    he guarded the border;
  G                        A      A7               D    D7
  He said you don’t need papers,      I’ll let you go.
                       G         C                       G
  I can tell that you love her,     by the look in your eyes now;
                        D       D7            G
  She’s the rose of the desert,     in old Mexico.

  [Chorus]
          Bm                  C/G              C           G
  And the fire I feel for the woman I love, is driving me insane;
                 D       D7                    G
  knowing she’s waiting,     and I can’t get there.
  Bm                   C/G               C            G
  God only knows that I rack my brain to try to find a way,
                 D      D7            G
  to reach that woman,      in old Mexico.

  [Verse 4/Outro]
   G                  Em       D                      G
  And I dream in the morning,     that she brings me water;
   G                  A       A7                      D    D7
  And I dream in the evening,     that she brings me wine.
                      G       C                 G
  Just a poor man’s daughter,    from Porta Peñasco;
                D      D7           G
  South of the border,    in old Mexico.
        D     D7            C                G
  Evangelina,    I miss you so.   I miss you so.

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Song information

Evangelina (cover)

• Artist: Colter Wall
• Released: April 27, 2023
• Album: Little Songs
• Songwriter(s): Hoyt Axton
• Length: 3:47

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This is my take on the song. I do not own any rights to the song, yet this lesson’s content, and other materials here are my own.

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