Chords for PETE SEEGER Guantanamera

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Jose Marti was [Cm] born in 1833. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ 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.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Guantanamera, _ [G] _ _ guajira [F] _ _ Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] Guantanamera, _ [C] guajira _ [Dm] _ [G] Guantanamera
I [C] am a [F] sincere man, _ [G] _ _ _
[C] where does [Dm] fame grow [G] from? _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] Before I die I [Dm] [G] want _ to say [C] my verses [Dm] of the [G] soul. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _
[C] guajira _ [Dm] Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ Guantanamera, guajira _ _ Guantanamera
_ My [C] verse is of a [F] clear green, [G] _ _ and [A] of a [F] burning carmine.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ My [C] verse is a _ _ [F] [G] wounded sky, _ that [C] I seek in the mountains.
[D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] Guantanamera, _ [C] guajira _ [Dm] Guantanamera, [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] Guantanamera, _ guajira [F] _ _ Guantanamera
[G] _ _
_ _ [C] The words mean, [Cm] I am a truthful [C] 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.
_ _ [D] [F] My poems are like a wounded fawn, seeking refuge in a forest.
_ [G] _ The last verse says, con los pobres de la tierra, _ with the poor people of this earth, [C] I want to share my fate.
The _ streams [F] of the mountain, _ pleases me more than [G] the sea.
_ Con [C] los pobres [Dm] de la tierra, [G] _ _ _ [C] quiero yo [F] mi suerte [G] achar.
Con [C] los pobres [Dm] de la tierra, [G] _ _ quiero [Dm] _
yo mi [G] suerte achar.
The [C] streams of the [Dm] _ [G] mountain, _ _ pleases me more than the sea. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _
[C] guajira _ [Dm] Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] Guantanamera, _ guajira [C] _ _ Guantanamera [G] _ Once [Dm] more!
_ Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _
[A] guajira _ [F] Guantanamera, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] Guantanamera, _ guajira _ [C] _ [Dm] [A] Guantanamera
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _