southwest side chords by Franky Perez

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Verse 1
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There's a Spanish girl
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with ebony eyes
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Selling Cuban coffee and guava pies
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While the boys hang at the corner store
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Drinkin Iron Beer rollin'
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dice on the floor
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There is two old timers talking politics
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About the Bay Of Pigs and Alfa '66
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Willie Chirino on the radio
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Cheguevara is no hero
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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There's a soldier standing in silk fatigues
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Dictating who stays and who leaves
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While a desperate man crashes
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through the gates
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There's an uprising at
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Guantanamo Bay
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You don't know what
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you've got till it's gone
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So embrace your freedom
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don't ever let it go
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There's an American flag
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waving in a Cuban breeze
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Fidel Castro is no José Martiz
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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They were born in the ocean
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They were baptized by the sea
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They find a revolution to fight
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Freedom in Miami Beach
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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It's just another day
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Em 
On the Southwest side
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It's just another day
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It's just another day
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It's just another day
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On the Southwest side
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Oh say can you see