America (From 'West Side Story') chords by George Chakiris
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (C minor) (G minor) (C minor) (G minor)
(C major)
Verse 1
(C minor) Pu (C major) erto (G minor) Rico,
you (G major) lovely island,
(G minor) island (C minor) of (G major) tropical breezes.
Always (F major) (C major) the pineapples (Csus4) grow (G minor) ing,
always (C major) the coffee blossoms (G minor) blow (C major) ing.
Puerto Rico, (G minor) (C major) you (C minor) ugly island,
(G minor) (C major) island (G major) of tropic diseases. (C major) (C minor) (C major)
(F major) Always (C major) the hurricanes (G minor) blowing,
always (C major) the population growing.
I'm (B flat major) the (C major) money -o -whip,
and the baby's cryin',
(G major) and (C major) the bullet's flyin'.
(F minor) I like the (B flat major) is land Manhattan.
(E flat major) Smoke (F minor) on your pipe an (B flat major) (F minor) d put a thot (C major) in.
(E major) I (C major) like to be in America,
okay, by me in Amer (G major) ica.
(C major) Everything (C minor) free in America (C major)
For a small fee in America
I'm coming!
I like the city of San Juan
I know a boat (G major) you can get on
Hun (D minor) dreds of flowers in full bloom
Hundreds of people (G major) in (B flat major) each (G major) room
(C major) Automobile in America
Chromium sea in America
Wires for free in America
Very big deal in America
¡Ay! ¡Muy bien!
¡Pero suavecito con los chiquitititos aquí!
I'll drive a few weeks to San Juan
If there's a road you can (D major) drive (G major) on
I'll (D minor) give my cousin (G minor) s a (D minor) free ride
How (G major) you get all of them inside?
(C major) Im migrants go to America
Many hellos in America
Nobody knows in America
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Interlude 1
Puerto Rico's in America
(C major) (A flat major) (B flat major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (B flat major)
(A flat major) (D flat major) (A flat major) (E flat major)
(G sharp minor) (F sharp major) (G sharp minor) (E major) (G sharp major) (C major)
Verse 2
I'll (C major) bring a TV to San Juan
If there's a current to (G major) turn on
(D minor) I'll get (G major) them a (D minor) new washing
machine.
What have they got there to (G major) keep clean? (C major) (G major)
I (C major) like the shorts of America
Comfort is yours in Amer (G major) ica
(C major) Nod on the dot in America
Wall -to -wall clothes in America
Ha, ha, ha!
(G sharp major) Ha!
(A sharp major) Ha, ha, ha!
Ha, ha, ha! (G minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (B flat major)
(A flat major)
(D flat major) (A flat major) (E flat major) (A flat minor) (E major) (A flat major) (C major)
When I will go back to San Juan.
When you will shut up and (G major) get gone
Every (D minor) one there will get big cheer
(G major) Everyone there would have moved here
It's (G major) true (A flat major) (C major) (E major)
(B major) (E major) (E major) R .I .P.
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