Chords for Paul Simon - Born in Puerto Rico

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_ I was born in Puerto Rico, _ _ _ [Gm] we came here when I was a child, _ _ _ [A] _ _
before I reached the age [Dm] of 16.
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[Bb] I was running with [A] a gang and we [Dm] were wild.
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_ He keeps looking but he don't recognize me.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Some guy from Lexington or Park, _ _ _ [A] red beans and rice from [Dm] kitchen windows. _ _ _
[A] It's suppertime and the body [Dm] always dark.
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ No [F] one [Bb] knows you like [C] I do.
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Nobody can know your [C] heart the way _ I do.
_ [Bb] No [F] one can [Bb] testify [C] to all that [A] you've been through, but [Dm] I will. _ _
_ _ _ _ I was born in Puerto Rico and my blood [E] is [D] dying, [Gm] oh.
Spanish Caribbean, my soul.
_ _ _ [A] We came here [Dm] wearing summer clothes in winter, [A] parts of sunshine in [Dm] the cold.
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[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] Your [F] family rented [C] this [F] apartment.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] You'd [C] watch the street lamps [Bb] from your [F] perch. _ _
_ _ In the sacramental hour, [C] your _ stepfather in black [Db] preached the [A] fire of the _ [Dm] Pentecostal church.
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_ [Bb] _ [F] No one knows you like [C] I do.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Nobody [F] can know your [Bb] heart [C] the way I do.
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No one [F] to [Bb] testify [C] to all that [A] you've been through, [Dm] but this will. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I was born in Puerto Rico, _ _ _ [Gm] came here when I was a child. _
_ [A] Small change and sunlight, [Dm] then I left these streets for good.
[A] _ My days as sure as [Dm] they were wild. _ _ _ _
I'm Carlos Apache, _ Angel Soto, [Gm] _ _ Frenchie Cordell, _ _ Bobbie Charlie Cruz.
[A] Your features blurred in every [Dm] grainy photo and [A] fading headlines _ of the [Dm] daily news. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Wilkwick School for Criminal Children, _ _ _
_ [E] _ Auburn, Brooklyn [Gm] House, _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Dannemore, Sing Sing, [E] Attica,
Green [A] Haven, 20 Years Inside, [Dm] Today Your Food.
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[Bb] _ You cannot [F] even [C] read your story, _ _ _ [Bb] the [C] pages piling [Gm] up in shame.
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_ Before the words released [C] you, the guard would kill the light.
[A] The night you took the Cape Man [Dm] for your name.
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I [F] was born [C] in Puerto Rico. _ _ _
[Bb] I _ [F] was born [C] in Puerto _ Rico.
_ [Bb] _ I [F] was born in [C] Puerto Rico.
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[F] I was born in [C] Puerto Rico. _ _ _
[Bb] _ I [F] was born in Puerto [C] Rico. _
_ [Bb] _ _ I [F] was born [C] in Puerto Rico.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ I was [F] born in [C] Puerto Rico.
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I [F] was born in [C] Puerto Rico.
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_ [N] How do you feel about killing those two boys?
Are you sorry? _ _ _ _ _ _