Born In Puerto Rico Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

DmI was born in PuertoRico,

Gmwe came here when I was a child,

bAefore I reached the age of 16 Dm

I was runnA♯in' with the gang andA we were wild Dm

DmHe keeps looking but he don´t recognize me,

Gmsome guy from Lexington or Park

A Dm

Red beans and rice from kitchen window,

Ait's supper time and the Barrio is dark Dm

A♯No one knowsF you like I do,

CnobA♯ody can know your hFeart the way I do C

A♯No one can testifyF to all that Cyou´ve been thArough, but I will Dm

DmI was born in Puerto Rico, and my blood is Taino,

GmSpanish Carribean my soul

AWe came here wearing summer clotheDms in winter,

Ahearts of sunshine in the cold Dm

A♯Your family rentedF this apartmentC, F C

A♯you'd watch the streetlampCs from your perch A♯ C F

In the sacramental hour your Fstepfather in bClack

preached the fire ofA the Pentecostal church Dm

A♯No one knowsF you like I do, C

A♯nobody can know yoFur heart the way I do C

A♯No one can testify Fto all that Cyou've

Abeen through but this will Dm

DmI was born in Puerto Rico,

cGmame here when I was a child

ASmall change and sunlight,

and I left these streets forDm good,

Amy days as short as they were wild Dm

DmI'm Carlos Apache, Angel Soto,

GmFrenchy Cordero, Babu Charlie Cruz

A Dm

Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo,

and fading headlines Aof the Daily News Dm

Dm

Wyltwyck school for crimonal children,

GmAuburn, Brooklyn House of D.,

A Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica,

Dm

Greenhaven, 20 years inside, today you're free

A♯ F C F C

You cannot even read your story,

A♯the pages pilCing up in shameA♯, C F

Fbefore the words released you

CThe guard would kill the light,

Athe night you took

DmThe Capeman for your name

A♯ F C

I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)