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1. Can you hear the drums Fernando?
   I remember long ago
                             F#mi
   Another starry night like this 
                       Hmi
   In the firelight Fernando 
   You were humming to yourself
                                E
   And softly strumming your guitar 
   I could hear the distant drums
   And sounds of bugle calls
                     A
   Were coming from afar 

2. They were closer now Fernando
   Every hour, every minute
   Seemed to last eternally 
   I was so afraid Fernando 
   We were young and full of life 
   And none of us prepared to die
   And I'm not ashamed to say
   The roar of guns and cannons
   Almost made me cry 
                              E
R: There was something in the air that night 
                             A
   The stars were bright, Fernando 
                               E                           A
   They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando
                                         F#
   Though we never thought that we could lose 
                 H7
   There's no regret 
                         E
   [: If I had to do the same again 
                             A(D   A)
      I would, my friend, Fernando :]

3. Now we're old and grey Fernando
   Since many years
   I haven't seen a rifle in your hand
   Can you hear the drums Fernando?
   Do you still recall the fateful night
   We crossed the Rio Grande?
   I can see it in your eyes
   How proud you were to fight
   For freedom in this land
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