Chords for Paciencia Y Fe

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Calor, calor, _
_ _ _ [G] _ calor, _ _ [A] calor, _ _ calor, [Gb] calor
_ _ [Bm] _ Ay, [A] mama, _ the summer's hottest _ [Bm] day _
[A] Paciencia y fe, _ _ _ [A] paciencia y [Bm] fe
_ _ It was hotter at [B] home in La [A] Vibora
[Bm] The Washington Heights of [Gb] Havana
A crowded city [A] of faces the same as [Gbm] mine _ _
[Bbm] _ [Bm] Back as a child in [A] La Vibora
[Db] I chased the birds in the [Bm] plaza
Praying, mama, [A] you would find work
[D] Calling the [Bm] stars in the sky for some [Gb] sort of _ [B] sign
[Cm] _ [G] Ay, mama, [A] so many stars in [D] Cuba _
_ [Bm] In [A] Nueva York we can't see beyond our streetlights
_ [B] _ [D] To reach the roof you [Em] gotta bribe the [Gbm] super
_ [F] _ _
[Em] Ain't no cassiopeia in Washington [Gb] _ Heights
[A] But ain't no food in [Gb] La Vibora
[Gb] I [G] remember nights, [A] anger in the streets, [Bm] hunger at the windows
Women folding clothes, [A] playing with my friends in the [A] summer _ rain
Mama [G] needs a job, mama says we're poor
One day you [D] say, vamos a [B] Nueva York
And Nueva York [G] was far, but Nueva York had work
And [B] so we came
_ And now [Bm] I'm wide awake, a million years [G] too late
I talk to you [Gb] imagining what [Bm] you'd [B] do
Remembering what [Cm] we went _ [Bb] through _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] Nueva [Bb] York, _ it wasn't [Cm] like today
_ Paciencia [Bb] _ _ y fe
_ [G] _ I [Cm] reshock [Bb] the folks in America
[Eb] Freezing in [Cm] early December
A crowded [Bb] city in _ [Eb] 1943
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] Learning the ropes [Bb] in America
[Eb] En Español I remember _
Dancing [Bb] with Mayor La [Eb] Guardia
All of society [G] welcoming mommy [C] and me
_ [Cm]
You better clean this [Bb] mess
[Eb] Paciencia y fe
You better learn [G] English
Paciencia y fe
You better not [Bb] be late
You better [G] blow your whistle
[Fm] You better rock the new world with the words [G] of La Vibora
[Ab] _ [G] _
[Ab] Sharing double beds, trying to catch a break
[Cm] Struggling with English, _ _ [Ab] listening to friends
[Bb] Finally got a job working [Eb] as a maid
So we [Ab] clean some homes, [Bb] polishing with pride
Scrubbing the whole of the [C] Upper East Side
The [G] days into weeks, the weeks into years
[C] And here I stay
_ Paciencia y fe
And _ _
[Eb] _ [B] as I feed these birds
My hands [Cm] begin to shake
[Ab] And as I say these [G]
words
My [C] heart's about to break
_ [Fm] And I'm a moth
[Bb] What do you do when your [Dm] dreams [Cm] come [Ab] true?
I spend [Bb] my life inheriting dreams [Ab] from you
_ [F] I made it through
_ I survived
[Bb] I did it _
_ _ [Cm] Now [Eb] do I leave or [Ab] stay?
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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Alright mama
_ _ _ Okay
_ _ _ [C] Paciencia y fe _
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