Chords for JOSE FELICIANO ~ Guantanamera ~

The fast switch.
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By the way, if you don't know what this is, this is a mandolin with an overactive thyroid condition.
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_ _ _ This guitar is called [Eb] Montezuma's Revenge.
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_ _ _ [G] _ Anyway, getting to the serious side.
_ I'd like to do a song for you.
This [D] song, by the way, is [Dm] from Cuba.
_ [A] _ And [Ab] there are other things from Cuba besides [Am] cigars, you know.
_ _ This song, by the way, is what they _ _ call_
[Gb] We sing, for example, improvisational songs in English, like the American folk song, Hey La-Di La-Di Lo.
And maybe some skiffle here in England.
You know, improvisational type of music.
Well, this is what they did to sort of spend their time.
[Bb] They would sing _ verses.
They [N] would _ do what they call inspirational poetry to this song.
This is very popular and it's entitled _ Guantanamera.
And this is the girl from Guantanamera.
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_ _ _ [G] Now, after they would sing [C] a chorus of [D] that, they would start [G] _ _ [A] doing [D] poetry.
_ _ [G] This is one of the verses [C] _ [D] from a famous poet, Jose [G] Marti.
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[G] _ _ _ Guantanamera
How [D] would you like to sing along in this one?
Come on.
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_ _ _ [D] I'm going to play it for you now. _
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[G] Guantanamera
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[E] _ _ [Am] Guantanamera
Hey Guajira _
_ [G] _ [D] With the poor of the land
I want [G] to throw [Am] my [D] luck Hey [G] Guajira
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Guajira, Guantanamera _ _ _ _ _
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