{"id":10626,"date":"2022-06-22T03:11:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T03:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:02:44","slug":"fernando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/songpics\/E-G\/fernando.jpg\">SHEET MUSIC<\/a><code class=\"yqhFQ\"><\/code><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"tK8GG Ty_RP\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><span class=\"y68er\">Fernando:Abba\r\n<\/span><span class=\"y68er\">#1 in '76.<\/span>\r\n \r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Can you hear the drums Fernando?  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">I remember long ago another starry night like [Am] this.  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">In the firelight [Dm] Fernando,<\/span><\/span> y<span class=\"y68er\">ou were humming to yourself and softly strumming your <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[G] guitar.<\/span><\/span>  <span class=\"y68er\">I could hear the distant drums, <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">and sounds of bugle calls were coming from [C] afar.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] They were closer now Fernando.  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">Every hour every minute seemed to last [A,] eternally.  <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">I was so afraid [Dm] Fernando.<\/span><\/span>  <span class=\"y68er\">We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to [G] <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">die.    <\/span><\/span><span class=\"y68er\">And I'm not ashamed to say,<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">  <span class=\"y68er\">the roar of guns and cannons almost made me [C] cry.<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n<span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[Chorus   <span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chorus]<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[C] Now we're old and grey Fernando.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">[Am] And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand.   <\/span><\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">Can you hear the drums [Dm] Fernando?<\/span><\/span>   <span class=\"y68er\">Do you still recall the fateful night we <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\">crossed the Rio [G] Grande?    <\/span><\/span><span class=\"y68er\">I can see it in your eyes;<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">  <span class=\"y68er\">How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land.\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[Chorus   <span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chorus]<\/span> - - - - There was something in the [G] air that night. The stars were bright, [C] Fernando.   <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They were shining there for [G] you and me; For [G] liberty, [C] Fernando. Though I [C7] never thought that we could [A] lose, there's no [D7] regret.  <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> If I had to do the [G] same again, I [G] would, my friend, [C] Fernando. If I had to do the [G] same again, I [G] would, my friend, [F] Fernando. [C]<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n<span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[Chorus   <span class=\"y68er\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chorus] - one more time through<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n<span class=\"y68er\">[Outro]\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span class=\"y68er\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Yes, If I had to do the [G] same again, I [G] would, my friend, [C] Fernando. If I had to do the [G] same again, I [G] would, my friend, [F] Fernando. [C]<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<pre><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHEET MUSIC Fernando:Abba #1 in &#8217;76. [Verse 1] [C] Can you hear the drums Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like [Am] this. In the firelight [Dm] Fernando, you were humming to yourself and softly strumming your [G] guitar. I could hear the distant drums, and sounds of &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/fernando\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fernando<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117,115,94,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-patriotic-songs","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27479,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions\/27479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}