Chords for Pete Seeger-Guantanamera

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_ Jose Marti [Bb] was born in 1857.
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When he was 17 years old, he [Ab] was active in the Cuban liberation movement.
He was exiled by the [Db] Spanish governor.
_ _ He spent [Bb] most of his life in exile, including 12 years in New York City.
_ _ _ He wrote 70 books, _ _ poetry, novels, polemics.
_ _ _ He's one of the [Dbm] greatest writers in the Spanish language.
_ _ At the age of 42, _ he went back to Cuba. _ _
[Ab] _ This is one of his last poems, because he was killed within the [Db] year in an abortive uprising. _
_ [Ab] _ _ After he died, people put it to a popular tune.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ Guantanamera, _ _ _ guajira [Ab] _ [Bbm] Guantanamera, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _
Guantanamera, _ guajira [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _
Guantanamera
_ I am [Db] a [Gb] sincere man, _ [Ab] _ _ where [Db] did [Ebm] the fame grow?
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_ [Ab] _ _ Before [Db] I die [Bbm] I [Ab] want _ to throw [Db] my soul's efforts
[Eb] _
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Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ guajira _ [Ebm]
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ [Db] guajira _ [Ebm] _
[Ab] Guantanamera
_ My [Db] verse is of a [Gb] clear green, _ [Ab] _ _ and of [Db] a _ [Gb]
burning car
[Ab] My _ [Db] verses are of a [Gb]
clear green, [Ab] _ _ and of [Bbm] a _ burning [Ab] car
_ My [Db] verse is a _ [Gb] wounded sky, _ [Ab] that I seek in the [Eb] mountain of _ [Ab] Amparo
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_ _ _ [Ab] Guantanamera, guajira _
_ [Ebm] Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Bbm] _ [Abm] Guantanamera, _ guajira _
_ [Ebm] _ 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
_ My poems [Bbm] are like a wounded [Gb] fawn, _ seeking refuge in [Eb] the 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
_ _ [Eb] The streams of [Gb] the mountain, _ pleases me more than the [Ab] sea
_ Con [Dbm] los pobres de [Eb] la tierra, [Ab] _
_ quiero yo [Bbm] mi suerte [Ab]
achar
Con [Db] los pobres de [Ebm] la tierra, [Ab] _
_ quiero [Ebm] _ yo mi suerte [Ab] _
achar
El _ arroyo de la [Ebm] _
[Ab] sierra, _ me complace más que el mar
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Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ guajira _ [Ebm]
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] Guantanamera, _ _ guajira _ [Gb] _
[Ab] Guantanamera
_ Once [Bbm] more _
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ guajira _ [Bbm]
Guantanamera, [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] Guantanamera, _ guajira _ [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] Guantanamera
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