Paciencia Y Fe Chords by In The Heights Original Broadway Company
Tempo:
112 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Cm
G
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Calor, [D] calor,
[Bm] calor.
[G] Calor, [A] calor,
[Db] calor.
[A] Ay, mama.
[D] The summer's hottest day.
[Bm] [A] Paciencia y fe.
[D]
[A] Paciencia [Bm] y fe.
Ay, [A]
carajo, it's hot.
But [D] that's [Gb] okay.
[A] Mama would say, paciencia y fe.
[Gb] [Bm] Hotter at home in [A] La Vibora.
[D] The Washington Heights of [Bbm] Havana.
[Bm] A crowded city [A] of faces the [D] same as mine.
[Bm]
Back as a child [Gbm] in La Vibora,
I'd chase the [Bm] birds in the [Gb] [Bm] plaza.
Praying, mama, [A] you were defying to work.
[D] Combing the stars in [Bm] the sky for some [B] sort of sign.
[Em] Ay, mama, so many stars [A] in Cuba.
In Nueva [A] York, we can't see beyond our streetlights.
[E] To reach the roof, you gotta [Gbm] bribe the super.
[F]
[Em] Ain't no cassiopeia in [Gb] Washington Heights.
But ain't [Em] no food in [Gb] La Vibora.
[G] I remember nights, [A] anger in the streets, [Bm] hunger at the windows.
Women folding clothes, [A] playing with my friends in [D] the summer [G] rain.
[D] Mama [G] needs a job, mama says [A] we're poor.
One day you say, vamos [C] a [B] Nueva York.
And Nueva York [Em] was far, but [Gb] Nueva York had work.
And [B] so we came.
And [Ebm] now we're [Bm] wide awake.
[D]
A million [Bb] years too [Bm] late.
I talk to you [Gb] imagining what [Bm] you'd do.
Remembering what we [Cm] went through.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] It wasn't [Cm] like today, you'd say, paciencia [Bb] y fe.
[Eb] Paciencia [D] [Cm] y fe.
[G] I shot [Bb] the cold in America, [Eb] freezing in [G] early December.
A crowded [Gb] city [Bb] in [Eb] 1943.
[G] Learning the [Bb] ropes in America.
En [Cm] Español I remember.
Dancing with [Bb] Mayo la Guardia.
[Eb] All of [Cm] society welcoming [F] mommy and [C] me.
[G]
You better clean [Bb] this mess.
[Eb] You better learn [Cm]
English.
You better not [Bb] be gay.
[Dm] You better [G] grow your way.
[Fm] You better not play the world with the birds [G] of Navidad.
Sharing [Ab] double beds, trying [Bb] to catch a break.
Struggling [Cm] with English.
[Ab] Kissing two friends, [Bb] finally got a job working [Eb] as a maid.
So we cleaned some [Cm] homes, [Bb] polishing with pride.
[Eb] Scrubbing the whole of the [C] Upper East Side.
The days [Fm] into weeks, the weeks [Bb] into years.
And here [C] I stay.
Paciencia y fe.
[Bb] As I feed [Cm] these birds, [Eb] my hands begin [Cm] to shake.
[Ab] And as I say [G] these words, [C] my heart's about to break.
[Cm] And I'm
[Bb]
What do you do when your dreams [Cm] come true?
[Ab] I [Bb] spend my life [Cm] inheriting dreams [Ab] from you.
[F] What do I do [Bb] with this winning ticket?
[Cm]
What [Gm] can I do but [Ab] pray?
[Bb] I buy my loaf [Cm] of bread.
[Eb] Continue [G] with my day.
[Fm] I see you [G] in my head.
[Fm] Imagining [G] what you'd say.
[Fm] Birds they fly away.
Do they fly [D] to La [Ab] Vibora?
[Bm] Ay, all right mama.
[C] Paciencia y fe.
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[C]
[Ab]
[Bm] calor.
[G] Calor, [A] calor,
[Db] calor.
[A] Ay, mama.
[D] The summer's hottest day.
[Bm] [A] Paciencia y fe.
[D]
[A] Paciencia [Bm] y fe.
Ay, [A]
carajo, it's hot.
But [D] that's [Gb] okay.
[A] Mama would say, paciencia y fe.
[Gb] [Bm] Hotter at home in [A] La Vibora.
[D] The Washington Heights of [Bbm] Havana.
[Bm] A crowded city [A] of faces the [D] same as mine.
[Bm]
Back as a child [Gbm] in La Vibora,
I'd chase the [Bm] birds in the [Gb] [Bm] plaza.
Praying, mama, [A] you were defying to work.
[D] Combing the stars in [Bm] the sky for some [B] sort of sign.
[Em] Ay, mama, so many stars [A] in Cuba.
In Nueva [A] York, we can't see beyond our streetlights.
[E] To reach the roof, you gotta [Gbm] bribe the super.
[F]
[Em] Ain't no cassiopeia in [Gb] Washington Heights.
But ain't [Em] no food in [Gb] La Vibora.
[G] I remember nights, [A] anger in the streets, [Bm] hunger at the windows.
Women folding clothes, [A] playing with my friends in [D] the summer [G] rain.
[D] Mama [G] needs a job, mama says [A] we're poor.
One day you say, vamos [C] a [B] Nueva York.
And Nueva York [Em] was far, but [Gb] Nueva York had work.
And [B] so we came.
And [Ebm] now we're [Bm] wide awake.
[D]
A million [Bb] years too [Bm] late.
I talk to you [Gb] imagining what [Bm] you'd do.
Remembering what we [Cm] went through.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] It wasn't [Cm] like today, you'd say, paciencia [Bb] y fe.
[Eb] Paciencia [D] [Cm] y fe.
[G] I shot [Bb] the cold in America, [Eb] freezing in [G] early December.
A crowded [Gb] city [Bb] in [Eb] 1943.
[G] Learning the [Bb] ropes in America.
En [Cm] Español I remember.
Dancing with [Bb] Mayo la Guardia.
[Eb] All of [Cm] society welcoming [F] mommy and [C] me.
[G]
You better clean [Bb] this mess.
[Eb] You better learn [Cm]
English.
You better not [Bb] be gay.
[Dm] You better [G] grow your way.
[Fm] You better not play the world with the birds [G] of Navidad.
Sharing [Ab] double beds, trying [Bb] to catch a break.
Struggling [Cm] with English.
[Ab] Kissing two friends, [Bb] finally got a job working [Eb] as a maid.
So we cleaned some [Cm] homes, [Bb] polishing with pride.
[Eb] Scrubbing the whole of the [C] Upper East Side.
The days [Fm] into weeks, the weeks [Bb] into years.
And here [C] I stay.
Paciencia y fe.
[Bb] As I feed [Cm] these birds, [Eb] my hands begin [Cm] to shake.
[Ab] And as I say [G] these words, [C] my heart's about to break.
[Cm] And I'm
[Bb]
What do you do when your dreams [Cm] come true?
[Ab] I [Bb] spend my life [Cm] inheriting dreams [Ab] from you.
[F] What do I do [Bb] with this winning ticket?
[Cm]
What [Gm] can I do but [Ab] pray?
[Bb] I buy my loaf [Cm] of bread.
[Eb] Continue [G] with my day.
[Fm] I see you [G] in my head.
[Fm] Imagining [G] what you'd say.
[Fm] Birds they fly away.
Do they fly [D] to La [Ab] Vibora?
[Bm] Ay, all right mama.
[C] Paciencia y fe.
[Am] [G] [Dm]
[C]
[Ab]
Key:
Bb
Cm
G
Bm
A
Bb
Cm
G
_ _ Calor, _ [D] calor, _
_ [Bm] _ calor. _ _ _ _
[G] Calor, _ _ [A] calor, _ _
[Db] calor. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Ay, mama.
_ _ [D] The summer's hottest day.
[Bm] _ [A] Paciencia y fe.
[D] _ _
[A] Paciencia [Bm] y fe.
_ Ay, [A]
carajo, it's hot.
But [D] that's _ _ [Gb] okay.
_ [A] Mama would say, _ _ paciencia y fe.
[Gb] _ _ [Bm] Hotter at home in [A] La Vibora.
[D] The Washington Heights of [Bbm] Havana.
[Bm] A crowded city [A] of faces the [D] same as mine.
[Bm] _
_ _ Back as a child [Gbm] in La Vibora, _
I'd chase the [Bm] birds in the [Gb] [Bm] plaza.
Praying, mama, [A] you were defying to work.
[D] Combing the stars in [Bm] the sky for some [B] sort of _ _ sign.
[Em] Ay, mama, so many stars [A] in Cuba. _
_ In Nueva [A] York, we can't see beyond our streetlights.
_ _ [E] To reach the roof, you gotta [Gbm] bribe the super.
_ [F] _ _
[Em] Ain't no cassiopeia in [Gb] Washington Heights.
But ain't [Em] no food in [Gb] La Vibora.
_ [G] I remember nights, [A] anger in the streets, [Bm] hunger at the windows.
_ Women folding clothes, [A] playing with my friends in [D] the summer _ [G] rain.
[D] Mama [G] needs a job, mama says [A] we're poor.
One day you say, vamos [C] a [B] Nueva York.
And Nueva York [Em] was far, but [Gb] Nueva York had work.
And [B] so we came.
_ _ And [Ebm] now we're [Bm] wide awake.
[D]
A million [Bb] years too [Bm] late.
I talk to you [Gb] imagining what [Bm] you'd do.
_ Remembering what we [Cm] went through.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] It wasn't [Cm] like today, you'd say, paciencia [Bb] y fe.
[Eb] Paciencia _ [D] [Cm] y fe.
[G] I shot [Bb] the cold in America, [Eb] freezing in [G] early December.
A crowded [Gb] city [Bb] in _ [Eb] 1943.
_ [G] _ _ _ Learning the [Bb] ropes in America.
En [Cm] Español I remember.
Dancing with [Bb] Mayo la Guardia.
[Eb] All of [Cm] society welcoming [F] mommy and [C] me.
_ _ [G]
You better clean [Bb] this mess.
[Eb] You better learn [Cm]
English.
You better not [Bb] be gay.
[Dm] You better [G] grow your way.
_ [Fm] You better not play the world with the birds [G] of Navidad.
_ _ Sharing [Ab] double beds, trying [Bb] to catch a break.
Struggling [Cm] with English. _
_ [Ab] Kissing two friends, [Bb] finally got a job working [Eb] as a maid.
_ So we cleaned some [Cm] homes, [Bb] polishing with pride.
[Eb] Scrubbing the whole of the [C] Upper East Side.
The days [Fm] into weeks, the weeks [Bb] into years.
And here [C] I stay.
Paciencia y fe.
_ _ [Bb] As I feed [Cm] these birds, [Eb] my hands begin [Cm] to shake.
_ [Ab] And as I say [G] these words, [C] my heart's about to break.
[Cm] And I'm_
[Bb]
What do you do when your dreams [Cm] come true?
[Ab] I [Bb] spend my life [Cm] inheriting dreams [Ab] from you.
[F] _ What do I do [Bb] with this winning ticket?
_ _ _ [Cm]
What [Gm] can I do but [Ab] pray? _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ I buy my loaf [Cm] of bread.
[Eb] Continue [G] with my day.
[Fm] I see you [G] in my head.
[Fm] Imagining [G] what you'd say.
[Fm] Birds they fly away.
Do they fly [D] to La [Ab] Vibora?
[Bm] _ _ Ay, all right mama. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Paciencia y fe. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ calor. _ _ _ _
[G] Calor, _ _ [A] calor, _ _
[Db] calor. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Ay, mama.
_ _ [D] The summer's hottest day.
[Bm] _ [A] Paciencia y fe.
[D] _ _
[A] Paciencia [Bm] y fe.
_ Ay, [A]
carajo, it's hot.
But [D] that's _ _ [Gb] okay.
_ [A] Mama would say, _ _ paciencia y fe.
[Gb] _ _ [Bm] Hotter at home in [A] La Vibora.
[D] The Washington Heights of [Bbm] Havana.
[Bm] A crowded city [A] of faces the [D] same as mine.
[Bm] _
_ _ Back as a child [Gbm] in La Vibora, _
I'd chase the [Bm] birds in the [Gb] [Bm] plaza.
Praying, mama, [A] you were defying to work.
[D] Combing the stars in [Bm] the sky for some [B] sort of _ _ sign.
[Em] Ay, mama, so many stars [A] in Cuba. _
_ In Nueva [A] York, we can't see beyond our streetlights.
_ _ [E] To reach the roof, you gotta [Gbm] bribe the super.
_ [F] _ _
[Em] Ain't no cassiopeia in [Gb] Washington Heights.
But ain't [Em] no food in [Gb] La Vibora.
_ [G] I remember nights, [A] anger in the streets, [Bm] hunger at the windows.
_ Women folding clothes, [A] playing with my friends in [D] the summer _ [G] rain.
[D] Mama [G] needs a job, mama says [A] we're poor.
One day you say, vamos [C] a [B] Nueva York.
And Nueva York [Em] was far, but [Gb] Nueva York had work.
And [B] so we came.
_ _ And [Ebm] now we're [Bm] wide awake.
[D]
A million [Bb] years too [Bm] late.
I talk to you [Gb] imagining what [Bm] you'd do.
_ Remembering what we [Cm] went through.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] It wasn't [Cm] like today, you'd say, paciencia [Bb] y fe.
[Eb] Paciencia _ [D] [Cm] y fe.
[G] I shot [Bb] the cold in America, [Eb] freezing in [G] early December.
A crowded [Gb] city [Bb] in _ [Eb] 1943.
_ [G] _ _ _ Learning the [Bb] ropes in America.
En [Cm] Español I remember.
Dancing with [Bb] Mayo la Guardia.
[Eb] All of [Cm] society welcoming [F] mommy and [C] me.
_ _ [G]
You better clean [Bb] this mess.
[Eb] You better learn [Cm]
English.
You better not [Bb] be gay.
[Dm] You better [G] grow your way.
_ [Fm] You better not play the world with the birds [G] of Navidad.
_ _ Sharing [Ab] double beds, trying [Bb] to catch a break.
Struggling [Cm] with English. _
_ [Ab] Kissing two friends, [Bb] finally got a job working [Eb] as a maid.
_ So we cleaned some [Cm] homes, [Bb] polishing with pride.
[Eb] Scrubbing the whole of the [C] Upper East Side.
The days [Fm] into weeks, the weeks [Bb] into years.
And here [C] I stay.
Paciencia y fe.
_ _ [Bb] As I feed [Cm] these birds, [Eb] my hands begin [Cm] to shake.
_ [Ab] And as I say [G] these words, [C] my heart's about to break.
[Cm] And I'm_
[Bb]
What do you do when your dreams [Cm] come true?
[Ab] I [Bb] spend my life [Cm] inheriting dreams [Ab] from you.
[F] _ What do I do [Bb] with this winning ticket?
_ _ _ [Cm]
What [Gm] can I do but [Ab] pray? _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ I buy my loaf [Cm] of bread.
[Eb] Continue [G] with my day.
[Fm] I see you [G] in my head.
[Fm] Imagining [G] what you'd say.
[Fm] Birds they fly away.
Do they fly [D] to La [Ab] Vibora?
[Bm] _ _ Ay, all right mama. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Paciencia y fe. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _