Guantanamera - sings young Pete Seeger Chords

[Db] _ _ _ _ Jose Marti [N] was born in [Dbm] 1833. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] When he was 17 years old, he was active in the Cuban liberation movement,
and he was exiled by the Spanish governor.
_ _ He spent most of his life in exile, including 12 years in New York City. _ _
He wrote 70 books, _ poetry, _ novels, polemics.
_ _ He was one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language. _ _ _
At the age of 42, _ he went back to Cuba.
_ _ This is one of his last poems, because he was killed within the year _ in an abortive uprising.
_ _ _ _ After he died, people put it to a popular tune.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
Guantanamera, _ [Ab] _ _ guajira [Db] _ _
[Ebm] Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ _ [Db] guajira _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] Guantanamera
I [Db] am a [Gb] sincere man, _ [Ab] _ _ where [Db] does [Ebm] the palm grow [Ab] from?
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[Bbm] _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Before I die [Ebm] I [Ab] want _ to write [Db] my verses [Ebm] of the [Ab] soul.
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Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] guajira _ [Ebm] Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ _ [Db] guajira _
[Ebm] _ [Ab] Guantanamera
_ My [Db] verse is a clear green leaf, [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ and [Dbm] a burning [Ebm]
carmine.
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[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ My [Db] verse is a wounded sky, [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ that [Db] I seek in the [Ebm] mountain.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ guajira [Db] _ [Ebm] Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ [Db] guajira _ [Ab] Guantanamera
_ _ _ _ [Db]
The words mean, I am a truthful man, from the land of the palm trees.
And before dying I want to share these poems of my soul.
_ My poems are soft green, _ my poems are also flaming crimson.
_ _ [Eb] [Gb] My poems are [Bbm] like a wounded fawn, _ seeking refuge in the [Ebm] forest.
_ [Ab] _
_ The last verse says, con los pobres de la tierra, with the poor people of this earth, [Db] I want to share my fate.
_ The [Bbm]
streams of the mountain, [Gb] _ pleases [Bbm] me more than [Ab] the sea.
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
Guantanamera, _ [Ab] _ _ guajira [Gb] _ _
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ _ [Db] guajira _
[Gb] _ [Ab] Guantanamera Once more!
[Gb] _ _
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] guajira _ [Ebm] Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ [Db] guajira _
[Ebm] Guantanamera
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _