Choloani Chords by Prayers
Tempo:
149.2 bpm
Chords used:
G#
F#
C#
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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After our people's enslavement [G#] and colonization [N] at the hands of the Castilian Empire in the
mid-1500s, and after the [F#] imposition of the scalpel-lock [G#] bans and laws which would disband
the warrior [D#m] societies,
[N] make illegal the genny-flake warrior braid, forbid the practice of our
language, our customs, traditional [E] dances, [G#m] traditional songs, and any [Em] form of our original
and traditional [B] expression [C#] of spirituality and way of life under the [D#m] threat of imprisonment
and death, [C] there [G#] was a small diaspora of our people, [N] members of the disbanded warrior societies
and their families, who were not willing to bend the knee to the vice-royalty of New
Spain into the European [G#m] monarchy, who refused to accept the Christian God, their [N] captors,
whom refused to be assimilated into European colonial culture, refused to live as slaves
and citizens of this foreign military occupation and colonial empire.
This diaspora of our people were persecuted, labored hostiles, and now filled the gallows
and the cells of colonial prisons and jails of New Spain for centuries, [C#] becoming in this
new world renegades, outlaws,
[F#] insurgents, [C#] now labored [D#] criminals [C#]
for [F#m] refusing to submit
to [Gm] colonial rule and [F] practice Western culture, now forced to live on the run.
[Bm] And thus, the [E]
Christianized and colonized [D] members of our [B] population began to call us
Choloani, [C#]
a derogative term [G#] meaning those who live on the run, those [G] who will not conform.
And thus was born [N] the Choloani or Cholo culture, forged and cultivated in the fires of [G#] rebellion,
[G] the descendants of the disbanded warrior societies, [G#] [F#] whom were unwilling to submit to a life of
indentured servitude, [G#]
and instead [C#m] living as outlaws, rebels, hostiles, [G#] challenging [F#] the
rule and authority of [C#] European monarchy and [Bm] rejecting the whole [G#] of European Western culture.
[N]
And as the Christianized [D] and colonized members of our [N] population adopted European Western
style clothing and the way in which they were [G#] worn, and adopted Western culture and religion,
they stopped speaking the language, whose skin did [C#] not wear the tohaitlakhuiloli, [F#] the
burned warrior tattoo, who no [G] longer sung the old song, [G#m] who no [G#] longer wore the piochiti
[C] or temilo, the jenith [B] leg warrior [N] braid at the background of the head, who forgot their
histories and language, whom accepted this new colonized way of life as workers, as farmers,
toilers, plebeians [F#] of the European enslavers.
It was only the Choloanme [B] who would become known as the [C] Cholo, who continued to [C#] fight,
to resist, [G#] and continue to sanctify themselves in Western culture, [F#] [G] in the now esoteric expressions
of our original culture [C#] and warrior societies' customs that would [F#m] later define Cholo culture.
[E] Long shorts, symbolizing the khalsa, [B]
[G] the woven agave fiber or cotton long shorts.
Tubos, the long socks, symbolizing the xozehua, the war leggings.
The [F] large cotton shirt, symbolizing the huipili blouse.
[B] The long converse belt, symbolizing the [G] tlakhoil piloni, [G#]
traditional sash.
[F#] [D#] And the panyo, or bandana [C] headband, symbolizing the [B] chichimeja [F#] ishkwaii xweklaxtli,
or traditional buckskin headband.
[Em] And the brucha, a large mustache,
[G#] symbolizing the [C#] tenihuyo, or [G] mustache, a via of [F#] zapata.
[G#] This diaspora's descendants, the hostiles and renegades, [B] the Choloanme, [G#] Cholo, raised and
tempered in the colonial penal [F#] systems of New Spain, which would later [G] become the penal systems
[Fm] of Mexico, and [D#m] which would then become the prison and jail [F#] systems of the United States [N] in 1848,
is what created and cultivated the Choloanme, Cholo culture, [G#] still present in prison systems
[E] of khalifas in the Southwest,
[F#] still present in the [C#m] oldest remaining still hostile [G#] barrios
and neighborhoods throughout [N] khalifas and the Southwest, where still lives on the very last
remnants, lineages, traditions, and customs of our people's ancient warrior societies
and warrior culture.
This is what it means to be a Cholo.
mid-1500s, and after the [F#] imposition of the scalpel-lock [G#] bans and laws which would disband
the warrior [D#m] societies,
[N] make illegal the genny-flake warrior braid, forbid the practice of our
language, our customs, traditional [E] dances, [G#m] traditional songs, and any [Em] form of our original
and traditional [B] expression [C#] of spirituality and way of life under the [D#m] threat of imprisonment
and death, [C] there [G#] was a small diaspora of our people, [N] members of the disbanded warrior societies
and their families, who were not willing to bend the knee to the vice-royalty of New
Spain into the European [G#m] monarchy, who refused to accept the Christian God, their [N] captors,
whom refused to be assimilated into European colonial culture, refused to live as slaves
and citizens of this foreign military occupation and colonial empire.
This diaspora of our people were persecuted, labored hostiles, and now filled the gallows
and the cells of colonial prisons and jails of New Spain for centuries, [C#] becoming in this
new world renegades, outlaws,
[F#] insurgents, [C#] now labored [D#] criminals [C#]
for [F#m] refusing to submit
to [Gm] colonial rule and [F] practice Western culture, now forced to live on the run.
[Bm] And thus, the [E]
Christianized and colonized [D] members of our [B] population began to call us
Choloani, [C#]
a derogative term [G#] meaning those who live on the run, those [G] who will not conform.
And thus was born [N] the Choloani or Cholo culture, forged and cultivated in the fires of [G#] rebellion,
[G] the descendants of the disbanded warrior societies, [G#] [F#] whom were unwilling to submit to a life of
indentured servitude, [G#]
and instead [C#m] living as outlaws, rebels, hostiles, [G#] challenging [F#] the
rule and authority of [C#] European monarchy and [Bm] rejecting the whole [G#] of European Western culture.
[N]
And as the Christianized [D] and colonized members of our [N] population adopted European Western
style clothing and the way in which they were [G#] worn, and adopted Western culture and religion,
they stopped speaking the language, whose skin did [C#] not wear the tohaitlakhuiloli, [F#] the
burned warrior tattoo, who no [G] longer sung the old song, [G#m] who no [G#] longer wore the piochiti
[C] or temilo, the jenith [B] leg warrior [N] braid at the background of the head, who forgot their
histories and language, whom accepted this new colonized way of life as workers, as farmers,
toilers, plebeians [F#] of the European enslavers.
It was only the Choloanme [B] who would become known as the [C] Cholo, who continued to [C#] fight,
to resist, [G#] and continue to sanctify themselves in Western culture, [F#] [G] in the now esoteric expressions
of our original culture [C#] and warrior societies' customs that would [F#m] later define Cholo culture.
[E] Long shorts, symbolizing the khalsa, [B]
[G] the woven agave fiber or cotton long shorts.
Tubos, the long socks, symbolizing the xozehua, the war leggings.
The [F] large cotton shirt, symbolizing the huipili blouse.
[B] The long converse belt, symbolizing the [G] tlakhoil piloni, [G#]
traditional sash.
[F#] [D#] And the panyo, or bandana [C] headband, symbolizing the [B] chichimeja [F#] ishkwaii xweklaxtli,
or traditional buckskin headband.
[Em] And the brucha, a large mustache,
[G#] symbolizing the [C#] tenihuyo, or [G] mustache, a via of [F#] zapata.
[G#] This diaspora's descendants, the hostiles and renegades, [B] the Choloanme, [G#] Cholo, raised and
tempered in the colonial penal [F#] systems of New Spain, which would later [G] become the penal systems
[Fm] of Mexico, and [D#m] which would then become the prison and jail [F#] systems of the United States [N] in 1848,
is what created and cultivated the Choloanme, Cholo culture, [G#] still present in prison systems
[E] of khalifas in the Southwest,
[F#] still present in the [C#m] oldest remaining still hostile [G#] barrios
and neighborhoods throughout [N] khalifas and the Southwest, where still lives on the very last
remnants, lineages, traditions, and customs of our people's ancient warrior societies
and warrior culture.
This is what it means to be a Cholo.
Key:
G#
F#
C#
B
G
G#
F#
C#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ After our people's enslavement _ [G#] and colonization [N] at the hands of the Castilian Empire _ in the
mid-1500s, _ and after the [F#] imposition _ of the scalpel-lock [G#] bans and laws _ which would disband
the warrior [D#m] societies, _
_ [N] make illegal the genny-flake warrior braid, _ forbid the practice of our
language, _ our customs, _ traditional [E] dances, [G#m] traditional songs, _ and any [Em] form of our original
and traditional [B] expression [C#] of spirituality and way of life under the [D#m] threat of imprisonment
and death, [C] _ there [G#] was a small diaspora of our people, _ [N] members of the disbanded warrior societies
and their families, who were not willing to bend the knee to the vice-royalty of New
Spain into the European [G#m] monarchy, who refused to accept the Christian God, their [N] captors, _
whom refused to be assimilated _ into European colonial culture, _ refused to live as slaves
and citizens of this foreign military occupation and colonial empire. _ _
This diaspora of our people were persecuted, _ labored hostiles, _ and now filled the gallows
and the cells of colonial prisons and jails of New Spain for centuries, _ _ [C#] becoming in this
new world _ _ renegades, _ _ outlaws, _ _
[F#] insurgents, [C#] now labored [D#] criminals _ [C#]
for [F#m] refusing to submit
to [Gm] colonial rule and [F] practice Western culture, _ now forced to live on the run.
_ _ [Bm] And thus, the [E]
Christianized and colonized [D] members of our [B] population began to call us
Choloani, [C#] _
a derogative term [G#] meaning those who live on the run, _ those [G] who will not conform. _
And thus was born [N] the Choloani or Cholo culture, _ _ forged and cultivated in the fires of [G#] rebellion,
_ [G] the descendants _ of the disbanded warrior societies, [G#] [F#] whom were unwilling to submit to a life of
indentured servitude, _ _ [G#]
and instead [C#m] living as outlaws, _ rebels, _ hostiles, [G#] _ challenging [F#] the
rule and authority of [C#] European monarchy and [Bm] rejecting the whole _ [G#] of European Western culture.
[N] _
_ And as the Christianized [D] and colonized members of our [N] population adopted European Western
style clothing and the way in which they were [G#] worn, and adopted Western culture and religion,
they stopped speaking the language, whose skin did [C#] not wear the _ tohaitlakhuiloli, _ [F#] the
burned warrior tattoo, _ who no [G] longer sung the old song, [G#m] _ who no [G#] longer wore the piochiti
[C] or temilo, the jenith [B] leg warrior [N] braid at the background of the head, _ who forgot their
histories and language, _ whom accepted this new colonized way of life _ as workers, as farmers,
_ _ toilers, plebeians [F#] of the European enslavers.
_ It was only the Choloanme _ _ [B] who would become known as the [C] Cholo, who continued to [C#] fight,
to resist, [G#] and continue to sanctify themselves _ in Western culture, [F#] _ [G] in the now esoteric expressions
of our original culture [C#] and warrior societies' customs that would [F#m] later define Cholo culture.
_ [E] Long shorts, _ _ symbolizing the khalsa, [B] _ _
[G] the woven agave fiber or cotton long shorts. _
_ Tubos, the long socks, _ symbolizing the xozehua, the war leggings. _
The [F] large cotton shirt, _ symbolizing the huipili blouse.
[B] The long converse belt, _ _ symbolizing the [G] tlakhoil piloni, _ [G#]
traditional sash.
[F#] _ [D#] And the panyo, or bandana [C] headband, _ symbolizing the [B] chichimeja [F#] _ ishkwaii xweklaxtli,
or traditional buckskin headband.
_ [Em] And the brucha, a large mustache,
_ [G#] symbolizing the [C#] tenihuyo, or [G] mustache, a via of [F#] zapata. _
_ _ [G#] This diaspora's descendants, _ the hostiles and renegades, [B] the Choloanme, [G#] _ Cholo, _ raised and
tempered in the colonial penal [F#] systems of New Spain, which would later [G] become the penal systems
[Fm] of Mexico, and [D#m] which would then become the prison and jail [F#] systems of the United States [N] in 1848,
is what created and cultivated _ the Choloanme, Cholo culture, _ [G#] still present in prison systems
[E] of khalifas in the Southwest, _
[F#] still present in the [C#m] oldest remaining still hostile _ [G#] barrios
and neighborhoods throughout [N] khalifas and the Southwest, _ where still lives on the very last
remnants, _ lineages, _ traditions, and customs _ of our people's ancient warrior societies
and warrior culture.
_ This _ is what it means to be a Cholo.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ After our people's enslavement _ [G#] and colonization [N] at the hands of the Castilian Empire _ in the
mid-1500s, _ and after the [F#] imposition _ of the scalpel-lock [G#] bans and laws _ which would disband
the warrior [D#m] societies, _
_ [N] make illegal the genny-flake warrior braid, _ forbid the practice of our
language, _ our customs, _ traditional [E] dances, [G#m] traditional songs, _ and any [Em] form of our original
and traditional [B] expression [C#] of spirituality and way of life under the [D#m] threat of imprisonment
and death, [C] _ there [G#] was a small diaspora of our people, _ [N] members of the disbanded warrior societies
and their families, who were not willing to bend the knee to the vice-royalty of New
Spain into the European [G#m] monarchy, who refused to accept the Christian God, their [N] captors, _
whom refused to be assimilated _ into European colonial culture, _ refused to live as slaves
and citizens of this foreign military occupation and colonial empire. _ _
This diaspora of our people were persecuted, _ labored hostiles, _ and now filled the gallows
and the cells of colonial prisons and jails of New Spain for centuries, _ _ [C#] becoming in this
new world _ _ renegades, _ _ outlaws, _ _
[F#] insurgents, [C#] now labored [D#] criminals _ [C#]
for [F#m] refusing to submit
to [Gm] colonial rule and [F] practice Western culture, _ now forced to live on the run.
_ _ [Bm] And thus, the [E]
Christianized and colonized [D] members of our [B] population began to call us
Choloani, [C#] _
a derogative term [G#] meaning those who live on the run, _ those [G] who will not conform. _
And thus was born [N] the Choloani or Cholo culture, _ _ forged and cultivated in the fires of [G#] rebellion,
_ [G] the descendants _ of the disbanded warrior societies, [G#] [F#] whom were unwilling to submit to a life of
indentured servitude, _ _ [G#]
and instead [C#m] living as outlaws, _ rebels, _ hostiles, [G#] _ challenging [F#] the
rule and authority of [C#] European monarchy and [Bm] rejecting the whole _ [G#] of European Western culture.
[N] _
_ And as the Christianized [D] and colonized members of our [N] population adopted European Western
style clothing and the way in which they were [G#] worn, and adopted Western culture and religion,
they stopped speaking the language, whose skin did [C#] not wear the _ tohaitlakhuiloli, _ [F#] the
burned warrior tattoo, _ who no [G] longer sung the old song, [G#m] _ who no [G#] longer wore the piochiti
[C] or temilo, the jenith [B] leg warrior [N] braid at the background of the head, _ who forgot their
histories and language, _ whom accepted this new colonized way of life _ as workers, as farmers,
_ _ toilers, plebeians [F#] of the European enslavers.
_ It was only the Choloanme _ _ [B] who would become known as the [C] Cholo, who continued to [C#] fight,
to resist, [G#] and continue to sanctify themselves _ in Western culture, [F#] _ [G] in the now esoteric expressions
of our original culture [C#] and warrior societies' customs that would [F#m] later define Cholo culture.
_ [E] Long shorts, _ _ symbolizing the khalsa, [B] _ _
[G] the woven agave fiber or cotton long shorts. _
_ Tubos, the long socks, _ symbolizing the xozehua, the war leggings. _
The [F] large cotton shirt, _ symbolizing the huipili blouse.
[B] The long converse belt, _ _ symbolizing the [G] tlakhoil piloni, _ [G#]
traditional sash.
[F#] _ [D#] And the panyo, or bandana [C] headband, _ symbolizing the [B] chichimeja [F#] _ ishkwaii xweklaxtli,
or traditional buckskin headband.
_ [Em] And the brucha, a large mustache,
_ [G#] symbolizing the [C#] tenihuyo, or [G] mustache, a via of [F#] zapata. _
_ _ [G#] This diaspora's descendants, _ the hostiles and renegades, [B] the Choloanme, [G#] _ Cholo, _ raised and
tempered in the colonial penal [F#] systems of New Spain, which would later [G] become the penal systems
[Fm] of Mexico, and [D#m] which would then become the prison and jail [F#] systems of the United States [N] in 1848,
is what created and cultivated _ the Choloanme, Cholo culture, _ [G#] still present in prison systems
[E] of khalifas in the Southwest, _
[F#] still present in the [C#m] oldest remaining still hostile _ [G#] barrios
and neighborhoods throughout [N] khalifas and the Southwest, _ where still lives on the very last
remnants, _ lineages, _ traditions, and customs _ of our people's ancient warrior societies
and warrior culture.
_ This _ is what it means to be a Cholo.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _