Born in Puerto Rico chords by Paul Simon
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Intro 1
(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 (F major) running with the gang (E major)
and we were wild.
(A minor)
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Verse 2
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
and the barrio is (A minor) dark. (F major)
No one (C major) knows you like I
Verse 3
(G major) do
(F major) No one can know (C major) your heart the way (G major) I do
(F major) No one can (C major) 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 sum
(A minor) mer clothes in winter
Hearts (E major) of sunshine in the cold. (A minor)
(G major) (F major) (E major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor)
Verse 5
(F major) Your family (C major) rented this apart (G major) ment (C major) (G major)
(F major) You'd watch the street
(G major) lamps from (F major) your perch
(C major) In the sacramental house your
stepfather (G major) in black
Preached (E major) the fire of
the pentecostal (A minor) church. (F major)
No one (C major) knows you like I
Verse 6
(G major) do
(F major) Nobody can (C major) know your
heart the way (G major) i do
(F major) No one can testi (C major) (F major) fy to all (G major)
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 (A minor) I left these streets for good.
(E major) My days as short as they were (A minor) 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 Daily (A minor) News
Verse 9
Judge's Voice
Wiltwych School for Criminal
Children (D minor)
Auburn, (A minor) Brook (D minor) lyn House of D.,
(Adim)
Dannemora, Sing-Sing, At (A minor) tica, (E major) (A minor)
(E major) Greenhaven
Twenty years inside, (A minor) today
Verse 10
you're free (E major) (A minor)
Verse 11
(F major) You cannot even (C major) read your (G major) story
(F major) The pages (G major) piling up in shame (F major) (C major)
Before the words released you, the
Guard (G major) would kill the light
The night (E major) you took The
Capeman for your (A minor) name. (G major) (F major)
Verse 12
I was (C major) born in Puerto Rico (G major) (F major)
I was (C major) born (G major) in Puerto Rico (F major)
Yo nacir in Pu (C major) erto (G major) Rico
All (F major) my heart (C major) is (G major) (F major) Pu (C major) erto (G major) Rico (F major)
All my (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) soul is (G major)
(F major) Pu (C major) erto Rico (G major) (E major)
Outro 1
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Born in Puerto Rico
Paul Simon
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