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