Chords for Cheech and Chong - "Born In East L.A."

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, mama. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We'll go out to the corner store to buy a loaf of bread and a box of s'mores.
_ [C] I pulled a guy in a yellow van, shiny gold badge flashing in his hand.
He said, [G] all right, all you mojitos down here, I want you all to hit the floor.
_ I got one thing to ask you and nothing more.
[C] _ So answer in English, if you can.
_ [E] _ Where were you born, man?
_ Huh?
Where was I born?
That's right.
I said, where were you born?
Hey, you're one of those dudes that do horoscopes, man.
Hey, I'm a cancer with a bad moon right here.
Right here, El Fuego.
Watch my lips.
Where were you born?
_ _ I was born in East [G] LA, man.
I was _ [D] born in East [G] LA.
Oh, yeah, you're born in East [C] LA.
Well, let's see your green card, huh?
Green card?
[D] I'm from East [Gm] LA.
All right, well, then who's president of the United States?
Oh, that's [G] easy, man.
That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne.
All right, let's go.
Come on.
I'm from _ East LA.
I know I'm in a foreign land.
People talking so fast I couldn't understand.
There [C] was nobody there to lend a helping hand.
I was cold.
It was dark.
[C] Where is our burger stand?
[G] I want to go back to East LA.
I wish I _ was back in East LA.
I don't [C] belong here in downtown T.J.
Because I was born in East LA.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Swam across the stream.
Six different trucks packed like a sardine.
[C] Walked all day in the burning sun.
Now I know what it's like to be born to [G] run. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Up ahead was the promised land.
Shining like a star just beyond my head.
[C] All I could see was a golden glow.
I looked up.
A sign said five zillion.
So then I was back in East LA.
Yes, I was back in East LA.
You know I _ _ never gonna stray.
Because I was born _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ in East LA.
I belong in _ _ East LA.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm from _ _ _ just below.
After all, I belong to East LA.
[G] _ _
When I was eight, I said I want to go back _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ East LA. _ _
_ As soon as I felt my way back to East LA,
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ here I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ believed I could [C] stand. _
_ _ _ _ All right, this is what I do.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ confess, I'm from east LA.
[G] I can say,
Holy is that land.
_ Holy _ is that land.
_ [C] _
Holy is that land.
Holy is that land.
Who's on that land?
Who's on that land?
[G] _ _ _
Holy is that land.
Holy is that land. _
Holy is that land.
[C] _ _
I'm from this land
and that's why I say, _
_ _ _ Holy is that land. _
Holy is that land. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Easter egg!