Adios Hermanos Chords by Paul Simon

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_ It _ _ [G#] _ _ _
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[C#] _ was the morning of October 6, _ 1960.
I was [A#m] wearing my brown suit, preparing to leave the house of D. _
[F#] _ Shook some hands, [G#] then _ adios Brooklyn _ _ [F#] _
amigos.
_ [E] _ [D#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] Maybe some of the mad folks have seen me again.
Some even [Fm] said that my [A#m] judge, _ Judge Darryl Kulkin, _ _
_ [F#] wouldn't play it by the book, maybe [G#] let us off the hook.
But [D#m]
whoa, _ _ [F] I knew _ [F#] better.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ Afraid to leave the project, _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ to cross into another _ _ neighborhood.
_ _ [F#] The _ Blancos and [G#] the nigger gangs, [F#] well, _ [A#m] they'd kill you if they could.
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Angel of mercy, _ people [B] are suffering _ [G#] all _ [C#]
over the _ _ world. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
Spanish _ [G#] children _ _ [D#] are _ taught [C#] _ on their knees to [F#] believe. _ _
Angel of mercy, _ people [B] are suffering [C] all over [C#] the island _ tonight.
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[G#] _ _ _ Mothers weep, _ _ _ [C#] sisters [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ grieve.
_ Well, [F#] [C#] I entered the courtroom, state of New York, county of New [G#] York.
_ _ [A#m] Just some spic they scrubbed off the _ [G#] sidewalk.
_ _ [F#] Guilty by my dress, [G#] guilty in the press.
Let [F#] the Cape man burn for the [D#m] _ murders.
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ Well, the Spanish boys had their day in court, and [G#] now it was time for [A#m] some f***ing law and order. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] The electric chair _ for the [G#] greasy pair, said [F#] the judge to the [D#] court reporter.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ Afraid to leave the _ project, _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ to cross into another _ _ neighborhood. _ _
[F#] The _ newspapers and the [G#] TV _ crews, [F#] well, _ they'd kill you if [C#] they _ could.
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_ _ _ _ Angel of mercy, _ [B] people are suffering [C] all _ [C#] over the _ _ _ world.
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_ [C#] A Spanish [G#] _ _
boy _ could [C#] be _ _ killed [G#m] every _ _ night [F#] of the _ week.
Just let some white boy die and the world [B] goes crazy for [C] _ _ [C#] blood.
_ _ Latin blood, _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] I don't [G#] _ _
lie.
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When [G#] I _ _ _ _ _ speak, _ _ well, [C#] they _ shackle _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] my _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
hands. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] A _ heavy _ belt [G#] around my waist [F#] to _ restrain [C#] me.
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[G#] And [C#] they _ shackle _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ my [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ legs. _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ Hernandez, _ _ [G#] the umbrella _ man, chained _ [F#] beside _ [F] me.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ Then we rode that black _ _ Mariah _ [A#m] through the streets of _ Spanish Harlem.
_ _ [F] Calling old friends on [G#] the _ corners just [F#] to lay [C#] our prayers [D#] _ upon [B] them. _
_ [C#] Crying _ adios _ _ _ _ [D#] hermanos, _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ adios. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ Adios _ _ [G#] _ _ hermanos, _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] adios. _ _
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