Born in Puerto Rico (demo) chords by José Feliciano, Paul Simon
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) I was born in Puerto Rico
(D minor) We came here when I was a child
(E major) Before I made to my six (A minor) teenth
I was (E major) running with the gang
and we were wild.
(A minor)
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Verse 2
(A minor) He keeps looking but don't recognize me.
(D minor) Some guy from Lexington
or Park (E major)
Rrd beans and rice from
kitchen win (A minor) dows
It's sup (E major) per- time and
the barrio is dark.
(A minor)
Verse 3
(F major)
No one knows (C major) you like I (G major) do
(F major) No one can know (C major) your heart
the (F major) way I (G major) do
(F major) No one can testify to (G major) all that
you've (E major) been though
But (A minor) I will.
Verse 4
I was (A minor) born in Puerto Rico
And my blood is tain (D minor) o
Spanish Caribbean in my soul
(E major) We came here wearing (A minor) summer
clothes in winter
Hearts (E major) of sunshine in the (A minor) cold.
(G major) (F major)
Interlude 1
(E major) (A minor) (G major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor)
(F major) Your family ren
Verse 5
(C major) ted this (F major) apart (G major) ment
(F major) You'd watch the (G major) street lamps
from (F major) your perch (C major)
In the sacramental house your
stepfather (G major) in black
Preached the (E major) fire of
the pentecostal church.
(A minor)
Verse 6
(F major)
No one knows (C major) you like (F major) I do (G major)
(F major) Nobody can know
(C major) your heart the (F major) way i (G major) do
(F major) No one can testify to (G major) all that
you've (E major) been through
But (A minor) this will.
Verse 7
(A minor) I was born in Puerto Rico
(D minor) Came here when I was a child.
Small (E major) change and sunlight,
then I (A minor) left these streets for good.
My days as (E major) short as they (A minor) were wild.
Verse 8
I'm Frenchy (A minor) Cordero, I'm Angel Soto
(D minor) Indio Rivera, 'Baboo' Charlie Cruz
(E major) The faces blurred in every grainy (A minor) photo
And fading (E major) headline of
the (A minor) Daily News
Verse 9
Judge's (A minor) Voice
Wiltwych School for Criminal
Children (D minor)
Auburn, Brooklyn House of D., (E major)
Dannemora, Sing- Sing, (A minor) Attica, (E major)
Greenhaven
Verse 10
Twenty years inside, (A minor) today you're free
Verse 11
(F major) You cannot (C major) even read your (G major) story
(F major) The pages pil (G major) ing up in shame (F major) (C major)
Before the words released you, the
(G major) Guard would kill the light
The (E major) night you took The
Capeman for your (A minor) name. (F major)
I was born (C major) in Puerto Rico
Verse 12
(G major) (F major)
I was born (C major) in Puerto (G major) Rico
Yo (F major) (C major) nacir in Puerto Rico (G major) (F major)
All my (C major) heart is Puerto Rico (G major)
All (F major) my (C major) (D minor) soul (G major) is (F major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) Puer (C major) to (F major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major) Rico
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(G major) (E major) (A minor)
(A minor)
Born in Puerto Rico (demo)
José Feliciano, Paul Simon
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