Born in Puerto Rico
Born in Puerto Rico

Born in Puerto Rico chords by Paul Simon

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Am

  • Dm

  • E

  • F

  • C

  • G

  • Adim

  • Am

  • Dm

  • E

  • F

  • C

  • G

  • Adim

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1

    I 
    was 
    born 
    in 
    Puerto 
    Rico 

    We 
    came 
    here 
    when I 
    was 
    a child 

    Before 
    I 
    made 
    to my six
    teenth 

    I 
    was 
    running 
    with 
    the gang 

    and we 
    were wild. 

    Verse 2

    He keeps 
    looking 
    but 
    don't recognize 
    me. 

    Some 
    guy 
    from 
    Lexington 

    or Park 

    Rrd beans 
    and 
    rice 
    from 

    kitchen 
    win
    dows 

    It's 
    sup
    per-time 
    and 

    and the 
    barrio 
    is 
    dark. 

    No 
    one 
    knows 
    you 
    like 
    I 
    Verse 3
    do 

    No 
    one 
    can know 
    your 
    heart 
    the way 
    I 
    do 

    No 
    one 
    can 
    testify 
    to 
    all 
    that 

    you've 
    been 
    though 

    But 
    I 
    will. 

    Verse 4
    I 
    was 
    born 
    in 
    Puerto 
    Rico 

    And 
    my 
    blood 
    is 
    tain
    o 

    Spanish 
    Caribbean 
    in 
    my 
    soul 

    We came 
    here 
    wearing 
    sum

    mer 
    clothes 
    in 
    winter 

    Hearts 
    of 
    sunshine 
    in the 
    cold. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    Your 
    family 
    rented 
    this 
    apart
    ment 

    You'd 
    watch 
    the street 

    lamps 
    from 
    your perch 

    In the 
    sacramental 
    house 
    your 

    stepfather 
    in 
    black 

    Preached 
    the fire 
    of 

    the pentecostal 
    church. 

    No 
    one 
    knows 
    you 
    like 
    I 
    Verse 6
    do 

    Nobody 
    can 
    know your 

    heart 
    the way 
    i 
    do 

    No 
    one 
    can testi
    fy 
    to all 

    that 
    you've 
    been 
    through 

    But 
    this 
    will. 

    Verse 7
    I 
    was 
    born 
    in 
    Puerto 
    Rico 

    Came 
    here 
    when 
    I 
    was 
    a child. 

    Small 
    change 
    and 
    sunlight, 

    then 
    I left 
    these 
    streets 
    for good. 

    My days 
    as short 
    as 
    they were 
    wild. 

    Verse 8
    I'm 
    Frenchy 
    Cordero, I'm Angel 

    Soto 

    Indio 
    Rivera, 
    'Baboo' Charlie 
    Cruz 

    The 
    faces 
    blurred 
    in every 
    grainy 
    photo 

    And 
    fading 
    headline 
    of the 
    Daily 
    News 

    Verse 9
    Judge's 
    Voice 

    Wiltwych School 
    for 
    Criminal 

    Children 

    Auburn, 
    Brook
    lyn 
    House 
    of D., 


    Dannemora, 
    Sing-Sing, 
    At
    tica, 

    Greenhaven 

    Twenty years 
    inside, 
    today 
    Verse 10

    you're 
    free 

    Verse 11
    You cannot 
    even 
    read 
    your 
    story 

    The pages 
    piling 
    up 
    in shame 

    Before 
    the words 
    released 
    you, 
    the 

    Guard 
    would 
    kill 
    the light 

    The night 
    you 
    took 
    The 

    Capeman for 
    your 
    name. 

    Verse 12
    I 
    was 
    born 
    in 
    Puerto 
    Rico 

    I 
    was 
    born 
    in Puerto 
    Rico 

    Yo 
    nacir in Pu
    erto 
    Rico 

    All 
    my 
    heart 
    is 
    Pu
    erto 
    Rico 

    All my 
    soul is 

    Pu
    erto 
    Rico 

    Outro 1


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