Chords for Ry Cooder - Fernando Sez

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_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I'm [E] _
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_ [Am] recording again and you know why. _
I need money, baby, and that's no lie. _
Fernando says my car [A] is trash, and [Am] he wants cash. _ _ _
My car is old, baby, but it's still good.
I [A] wouldn't change it, baby, if I could.
I really like that old [Am] Cadillac. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I _ [C] never like no jacked cars, ain't starting them now.
[G] The whole world's gone crazy anyhow.
[F] Public transportation gets me down.
_ Might end up in a bad [E] part of town.
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[A] Fernando says it's understood.
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_ No offense, your credit is good.
Your white folks had it.
It's all gone now.
You never had no rhythm anyhow. _
[E] Fernando says take a clue.
Fernando says you're [A]
overdue.
[E] Fernando says [A] take in mind.
[E] Fernando says_
[Am] That's all the lie.
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Yeah, [E] man, you want everything.
[A] You want me to share your [E] car, take the cheap [Am] gossips here and there of.
[E] But there's no [Am] hundo here.
[E] Just too fast.
I can watch you, man.
But look here, Fernando, you've got to give me a break now.
A man without [Am] his [E] Cadillac, you know, [A] he really [E] just don't [Am] feel like a [E] real man no more.
I need to get paid.
I need [A] some money here.
In [E] order for me to continue [A] this, [E] no more meaching [Am] out, in and out.
[E] You need to pay up.
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I can't [E] work for nothing.
I don't need _ money.
[A] This is a very [E] hard job for one to be here just battling.
[Am] I can't [E] afford to keep up.
I've got to wipe my teeth against myself, [A] man.
[E] You've got to cut me [Am] some slack here, man.
[B] You haven't [F#] paid me in a long time.
[E] You haven't paid me in a long [E] time.
You need to pay up now.
Otherwise I'm not going to try to get in.
[A] Well, I got $10.
[E] I was going to [Am] buy the kids some new [Em] shoes, I guess.
Well, [A] I guess it, [E] well_
My chavalos need calcos and trambalos too.
[Am] Well, you know, [E] the way you run it, the way you run your business here,
I bet your kids [Am] got more shoes [E] and Carter's [A] got ill.
What about [B] the tires and the [A] wheels you promised me?
[E] You've got to get me some [A] wheels here.
What happened to them?
[E] I need a [Am] valve job.
I need [E] one of those Edmund Brock valve covers.
It looks good, man.
Double [F] Hollywood exhaust with the glass pack mufflers.
That's what [E] I'm looking at here.
What's that going to run me here?
Pay up the last bill, and then we'll [Am] talk about a new [E] one.
We [A] need to get [E] some zapatos [A] for my kids.
You're worrying about your kids.
What about my children?
_ Well, uh_
They need to eat too.
Ellos tienen que ir a la escuela.
They need educacion. _
We need to really sit down and discuss [E] this. _ _ _
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_ _ _ What a world. _ _
_ [A] Smile today, [Am] cry tomorrow. _ _
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