Chord/Tab song: Born in Puerto Rico

I was born in Pu[Dm]ertoRico,

[Gm]we came here when I was a child,

b[A]efore I reached the age of 16 [Dm]

I was runn[Bb]in' with the gang and[A] we were wild [Dm]

[Dm]He keeps looking but he don´t recognize me,

[Gm]some guy from Lexington or Park

[A] [Dm]
Red beans and rice from kitchen window,

[A]it's supper time and the Barrio is dark [Dm]

[Bb]No one knows[F] you like I do,

[C]nob[Bb]ody can know your h[F]eart the way I do [C]

[Bb]No one can testify[F] to all that [C]you´ve been through[A], but I will [Dm]

[Dm]I was born in Puerto Rico, and my blood is Taino,

[Gm]Spanish Carribean my soul

[A]We came here wearing summer clothe[Dm]s in winter,

[A]hearts of sunshine in the cold [Dm]

[Bb]Your family rented[F] this apartment[C], [F][C]

[Bb]you'd watch the streetlamp[C]s from your perch [Bb][C][F]

In the sacramental hour your [F]stepfather in b[C]lack

preached the fire of[A] the Pentecostal church [Dm]

[Bb]No one knows[F] you like I do,[C]

[Bb]nobody can know yo[F]ur heart the way I do [C]

[Bb]No one can testify [F]to all that [C]you've

[A]been through but this will [Dm]

[Dm]I was born in Puerto Rico,

c[Gm]ame here when I was a child

[A]Small change and sunlight,

and I left these streets for[Dm] good,

[A]my days as short as they were wild [Dm]

[Dm]I'm Carlos Apache, Angel Soto,

[Gm]Frenchy Cordero, Babu Charlie Cruz

[A] [Dm]
Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo,

and fading headlines [A]of the Daily News [Dm]

[Dm]
Wyltwyck school for crimonal children,

[Gm]Auburn, Brooklyn House of D.,

[A] Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica,

[Dm]
Greenhaven, 20 years inside, today you're free

[Bb] [F] [C][F][C]
You cannot even read your story,

[Bb]the pages pil[C]ing up in shame[Bb], [C][F]

[F]before the words released you

[C]The guard would kill the light,

[A]the night you took

[Dm]The Capeman for your name

[Bb] [F] [C]
I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)