Chords for Commandante Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Tempo:
110.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
F
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[D] [C] When we look at history and [G] how it's all [C] unwound, there are few people on the planet that have
been more tightly bound with the liberation of our troubled human race than the man from
[G] Santiago with a beard upon his face.
Dressed [B] in green [C] fatigues that he wore most of his years as he led his country longer
[D] than any of his peers, and few men have been vilified [C] more often than the Nils, than Comandante
Fidel Alejandro Castro.
Born into a country of dengue and despair, ruled by [G] foreign armies ever since Columbus
got there, he'd [C] reject his privilege and join humanity.
Forced to choose between his species [G] and his family, [D] and when legal means had [C] failed to
stop the suffering he saw, he decided it was high [A] time to work outside the law.
He [D] organized a revolution [F] with a rifle and a fuse, [C] [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] When you win a revolution, [G] you might stop when you're red, [C] but in the Havana Declaration,
the [G] revolutionary said, [C] wherever people anywhere are found to be oppressed, as long as we have
hearts that beat within [G] our chests, [Eb] it is our duty to support them.
[F] And Cuba sent their troops, [C] and Cuba sent their doctors [D] and ever larger [G] groups, and
[D] their leader was the one in the [Fm] tracksuit and running [C] shoes, Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
It
[C]
[G] [C] could have been someone else, and he might be the first to say, the movement makes the
leader, not the other way.
But around the world right now, sitting at their dinner plates, there are people praising
the man who stood up to the United States [Eb] and lived life as a beacon for a [F] new society
[C] with housing, health care, education, [D] and the human right to dignity central to the
vision [F] for which he stood at the heels, [C] [D] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[C] I can't predict the future, [G] but if the past is any indication, [C] many more will follow the
trail of the little Illumination.
And soon in Havana, I hope that we may see a statue of the man to go beside Jose Martí.
[D] Wherefore goes Havana, [C] or Angola, Mozambique, [C] I'll always remember [D] the big man's rosy cheeks.
If the world could vote for a leader, how many just might choose
[C] [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[C] [G] Comandante Fidel [Fm] Alejandro Castro.
[C]
[C] [N]
[D] [C] When we look at history and [G] how it's all [C] unwound, there are few people on the planet that have
been more tightly bound with the liberation of our troubled human race than the man from
[G] Santiago with a beard upon his face.
Dressed [B] in green [C] fatigues that he wore most of his years as he led his country longer
[D] than any of his peers, and few men have been vilified [C] more often than the Nils, than Comandante
Fidel Alejandro Castro.
Born into a country of dengue and despair, ruled by [G] foreign armies ever since Columbus
got there, he'd [C] reject his privilege and join humanity.
Forced to choose between his species [G] and his family, [D] and when legal means had [C] failed to
stop the suffering he saw, he decided it was high [A] time to work outside the law.
He [D] organized a revolution [F] with a rifle and a fuse, [C] [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] When you win a revolution, [G] you might stop when you're red, [C] but in the Havana Declaration,
the [G] revolutionary said, [C] wherever people anywhere are found to be oppressed, as long as we have
hearts that beat within [G] our chests, [Eb] it is our duty to support them.
[F] And Cuba sent their troops, [C] and Cuba sent their doctors [D] and ever larger [G] groups, and
[D] their leader was the one in the [Fm] tracksuit and running [C] shoes, Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
It
[C]
[G] [C] could have been someone else, and he might be the first to say, the movement makes the
leader, not the other way.
But around the world right now, sitting at their dinner plates, there are people praising
the man who stood up to the United States [Eb] and lived life as a beacon for a [F] new society
[C] with housing, health care, education, [D] and the human right to dignity central to the
vision [F] for which he stood at the heels, [C] [D] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[C] I can't predict the future, [G] but if the past is any indication, [C] many more will follow the
trail of the little Illumination.
And soon in Havana, I hope that we may see a statue of the man to go beside Jose Martí.
[D] Wherefore goes Havana, [C] or Angola, Mozambique, [C] I'll always remember [D] the big man's rosy cheeks.
If the world could vote for a leader, how many just might choose
[C] [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
[C] [G] Comandante Fidel [Fm] Alejandro Castro.
[C]
[C] [N]
Key:
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ When we look at history and [G] how it's all [C] unwound, there are few people on the planet that have
been more tightly bound with the liberation of our troubled human race than the man from
[G] Santiago with a beard upon his face.
Dressed [B] in green [C] fatigues that he wore most of his years as he led his country longer
[D] than any of his peers, and few men have been vilified [C] more often than the Nils, than Comandante
Fidel Alejandro Castro. _ _ _
_ _ _ Born into a country of dengue and despair, ruled by [G] foreign armies ever since Columbus
got there, he'd [C] reject his privilege and join humanity.
Forced to choose between his species [G] and his family, [D] and when legal means had [C] failed to
stop the suffering he saw, he decided it was high [A] time to work outside the law.
He [D] organized a revolution [F] with a rifle and a fuse, [C] _ [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] When you win a revolution, [G] you might stop when you're red, [C] but in the Havana Declaration,
the [G] revolutionary said, [C] wherever people anywhere are found to be oppressed, as long as we have
hearts that beat within [G] our chests, [Eb] it is our duty to support them.
[F] And Cuba sent their troops, [C] and Cuba sent their doctors [D] and ever larger [G] groups, and
[D] their leader was the one in the [Fm] tracksuit and running [C] shoes, Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
It _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] could have been someone else, and he might be the first to say, the movement makes the
leader, not the other way.
But around the world right now, sitting at their dinner plates, there are people praising
the man who stood up to the United States [Eb] and lived life as a beacon for a [F] new society
[C] with housing, health care, education, [D] and the human right to dignity central to the
vision [F] for which he stood at the heels, [C] _ [D] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ _ [C] _ I can't predict the future, [G] but if the past is any indication, [C] many more will follow the
trail of the little Illumination.
And soon in Havana, I hope that we may see a statue of the man to go beside Jose Martí.
[D] Wherefore goes Havana, [C] or Angola, Mozambique, [C] I'll always remember [D] the big man's rosy cheeks.
If the world could vote for a leader, how many just might choose _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Comandante Fidel [Fm] Alejandro Castro. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ When we look at history and [G] how it's all [C] unwound, there are few people on the planet that have
been more tightly bound with the liberation of our troubled human race than the man from
[G] Santiago with a beard upon his face.
Dressed [B] in green [C] fatigues that he wore most of his years as he led his country longer
[D] than any of his peers, and few men have been vilified [C] more often than the Nils, than Comandante
Fidel Alejandro Castro. _ _ _
_ _ _ Born into a country of dengue and despair, ruled by [G] foreign armies ever since Columbus
got there, he'd [C] reject his privilege and join humanity.
Forced to choose between his species [G] and his family, [D] and when legal means had [C] failed to
stop the suffering he saw, he decided it was high [A] time to work outside the law.
He [D] organized a revolution [F] with a rifle and a fuse, [C] _ [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] When you win a revolution, [G] you might stop when you're red, [C] but in the Havana Declaration,
the [G] revolutionary said, [C] wherever people anywhere are found to be oppressed, as long as we have
hearts that beat within [G] our chests, [Eb] it is our duty to support them.
[F] And Cuba sent their troops, [C] and Cuba sent their doctors [D] and ever larger [G] groups, and
[D] their leader was the one in the [Fm] tracksuit and running [C] shoes, Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
It _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] could have been someone else, and he might be the first to say, the movement makes the
leader, not the other way.
But around the world right now, sitting at their dinner plates, there are people praising
the man who stood up to the United States [Eb] and lived life as a beacon for a [F] new society
[C] with housing, health care, education, [D] and the human right to dignity central to the
vision [F] for which he stood at the heels, [C] _ [D] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ _ [C] _ I can't predict the future, [G] but if the past is any indication, [C] many more will follow the
trail of the little Illumination.
And soon in Havana, I hope that we may see a statue of the man to go beside Jose Martí.
[D] Wherefore goes Havana, [C] or Angola, Mozambique, [C] I'll always remember [D] the big man's rosy cheeks.
If the world could vote for a leader, how many just might choose _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Comandante Fidel [F] Alejandro Castro.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Comandante Fidel [Fm] Alejandro Castro. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _