Paul Simon

^Dm I was born in PuertoRico,
^Gm we came here when I was a child,
b ^A efore I reached the age of 16 ^Dm
I was runn ^Bb in' with the gang and ^A we were wild ^Dm
Dm He keeps looking but he don´t recognize me,
^Gm some guy from Lexington or Park
^{A Dm}
Red beans and rice from kitchen window,
^A it's supper time and the Barrio is dark ^Dm
Bb No one knows ^F you like I do,
^C nob ^Bb ody can know your h ^F eart the way I do ^C
Bb No one can testify ^F to all that ^C you´ve been through, ^A but I will ^Dm
Dm I was born in Puerto Rico, and my blood is Taino,
^Gm Spanish Carribean my soul
^A We came here wearing summer clothe ^Dm s in winter,
^A hearts of sunshine in the cold ^Dm
Bb Your family rented ^F this apartment ^C , ^{F C
Bb} you'd watch the streetlamp ^C s from your perch ^{Bb C F}
In the sacramental hour your ^F stepfather in b ^C lack
preached the fire of ^A the Pentecostal church ^Dm
Bb No one knows ^F you like I do, ^C
Bb nobody can know yo ^F ur heart the way I do ^C
Bb No one can testify ^F to all that ^C you've
^A been through but this will ^Dm
Dm I was born in Puerto Rico,
c ^Gm ame here when I was a child
^A Small change and sunlight,
and I left these streets for ^Dm good,
^A my days as short as they were wild ^Dm
Dm I'm Carlos Apache, Angel Soto,
^Gm Frenchy Cordero, Babu Charlie Cruz
^{A Dm}
Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo,
and fading headlines ^A of the Daily News ^Dm
Dm
Wyltwyck school for crimonal children,
^Gm Auburn, Brooklyn House of D.,
^A Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica,
^Dm
Greenhaven, 20 years inside, today you're free
^{Bb F C F C}
You cannot even read your story,
^Bb the pages pil ^C ing up in shame ^Bb , ^{C F
F} before the words released you
^C The guard would kill the light,
^A the night you took
^Dm The Capeman for your name
^{Bb F C}
I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)