Born In Puerto Rico Cifras para ukulele

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I was born in PuertoRico, 
 
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we came here when I was a child, 
 
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before I reached the age of 16 
 
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I was runnin' with the gang and we were wild 
 
Dm
He keeps looking but he don´t recognize me, 
 
Gm
some guy from Lexington or Park 
 
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Red beans and rice from kitchen window,
 
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it's supper time and the Barrio is dark 
 
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No one knows you like I do, 
 
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nobody can know your heart the way I do 
 
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No one can testify to all that you´ve been through, but I will 
 
Dm
I was born in Puerto Rico, and my blood is Taino,
 
Gm
Spanish Carribean my soul 
 
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We came here wearing summer clothes in winter, 
 
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hearts of sunshine in the cold 
 
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Your family rented this apartment, 
 
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you'd watch the streetlamps from your perch 
 
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In the sacramental hour your stepfather in black 
 
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preached the fire of the Pentecostal church 
 
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No one knows you like I do,
 
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nobody can know your heart the way I do 
 
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No one can testify to all that you've 
 
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been through but this will 
 
Dm
I was born in Puerto Rico,
 
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came here when I was a child 
 
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Small change and sunlight, 
 
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and I left these streets for good,
 
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my days as short as they were wild 
 
Dm
I'm Carlos Apache, Angel Soto, 
 
Gm
Frenchy Cordero, Babu Charlie Cruz 
 
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Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo,
 
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and fading headlines of the Daily News 
 
Dm
 
Wyltwyck school for crimonal children,
 
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 Auburn, Brooklyn House of D.,
 
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 Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica, 
 
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Greenhaven, 20 years inside, today you're free
 
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You cannot even read your story,
 
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the pages piling up in shame, 
 
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before the words released you 
 
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The guard would kill the light, 
 
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the night you took 
 
Dm
The Capeman for your name 
 
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