Cubatao Chords by A La Carte

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's a brown-eyed boy called Angelo, [Dm] _
nearly ten years old.
[G] He lives in a world down in the South, [C] a world so gray and cold.
_ Cause instead of bees and fragrant [F] trees, hundreds smoking cigarettes,
only factories [C] and no [G] singing bird in [C] the _ _ _ air.
Cubatá, [F]
Cubatá, _ _ tell me what [Am] done [C] to you.
You were a [G] paradise long ago, down in Brazil's [C]
Cubatá.
_ _ _ _ Cubatá, [F]
Cubatá, _ _ _ you're a victim [C]
of success.
You pay a price [G] for the _ progress.
When will they learn it's high time to [C] return? _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But the few who live in luxury [D] will never [Dm] get enough.
_ [G] They don't see _ Angelo's burning eyes, [C] don't want to hear his talk.
_ They don't ask about the small tin hut, [F] somewhere in the Olimpia,
[C] where light's [G] slowly drifting _ [C] away. _ _ _
_ Cubatá, [F] Cubatá, tell _ me what [Am] they've done [C] to you.
You were a paradise [G] long _ ago, down in Brazil's [C] Cubatá. _ _ _
Cubatá, [F] Cubatá, _ _ _ you're a victim [C] of _ success.
You pay a price for [G] the progress.
[G] When will they learn it's high [Em] time to [C]
return?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ Cubatá, [F] Cubatá, tell _ me what they've done to you.
You were a paradise [G]
long ago, down in Brazil's Cubatá.
_ _ _ Cubatá, _ [F]
Cubatá, _ _ you're a victim [C] of success.
_ You pay a price [G] for the progress.
_ When will they learn it's high [Em] time to [C] _ return? _ _
Cubatá, _ [F] Cubatá, tell _ me [Am] what they've [C] done to you.
You were a _ [G] paradise long ago, down in Brazil's _ Cubatá. _ _ _
Cubatá, [F] Cubatá. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _