Adios Hermanos chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

This song is in the key of DbDb

Intro:
C majorC             G+G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhh
A minorAm             C majorC
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la do do do
FF         G+G    FF  C majorC  D7D7 F7F7
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ah hh  Oh Oh
C majorC             G+G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhh
A minorAm             A minorAm   FF G+G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhhh ahhhh
FF         G+G    FF  C majorC  D7D7 F minorFm
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ah hh  Oh Oh

Verse:
C majorC                  G+G
It was the morning of October 6th, 1960
G+G   Am7Am7
I was wearing my brown suit
Am7Am7          C majorC
Preparing to leave the house of D MajorD
FF           G+G    DmDm    C majorC  D7D7 FF
Shook some hands then adios Brooklyn, amigos
C majorC
Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again
G+G
Some even said that my judge-
A minorAm
Judge Gerald Culkin-
FF
Wouldn't play it by the book
G+G          G7G7
Maybe let us off the hook
FF     A minorAm      G+G
But, woh-oo-woh, I knew better

Chorus:
C majorC               G+G
Afraid to leave the projects
A minorAm          C majorC
To cross into another neighborhood
FF          G+G
The blancos and the nigga gangs
Dm7Dm7  A minorAm
Well, they'd kill you if they could
FF        Bb majorBb
Angel of mercy, people are suffering
E minorEm G+G    C majorC   Bb majorBb
All over the world
FF  G+G      C majorC
Spanish children are taught on their knees
C majorC   FF
To believe
FF             Bb6Bb6
Angel of mercy, people are suffering
G7G7      C majorC       Bb majorBb FF
All over the island tonight
C majorC    G+G
Mothers weep
A minorAm   G+G FF
Sisters gr ieve

Verse:
C majorC
Well, I entered the courtroom, state of New York
C majorC   G+G      A minorAm
County of New York, just some spic
C majorC
They scrubbed off the sidewalk
FF
Guilty by my dress
G+G
Guilty in the press
FF        C majorC           FF
Let the Capeman burn for the murders
C majorC
Well the "Spanish boys" had their day in court
G+G              Am7Am7
And now it was time for some fucking law and order
FF
The electric chair
C majorC  G+G     FF
For the greasy pair
FF           C majorC
Said the judge to the court reporter

Chorus:
C majorC             G+G
Afraid to leave the projects
A minorAm          C majorC    Am7Am7
To cross into another neighborhood
FF           G+G
The newspapers and the T.V. crews
C majorC   FF   C majorC    FF
Well, they'd kill you if they could
FF             Bb majorBb
Angel of mercy, people are suffering
E MajorE      C majorC    Bb majorBb
All over the world
C majorC     G+G      C majorC         C7C7
A augmentedA Spanish boy could be killed every night of
FF
The week

Verse:
FF
But just let some white boy die
Bb majorBb              C majorC          Bb majorBb FF
And the world goes crazy for blood - Latin blood
C minorCm   G+G  A minorAm   G+G    FF
I don't lie when I speeee ak
FF   C majorC      C majorC A minorAm
Well they shackled my hands
FF      G+G     DmDm       C majorC
A augmentedA heavy belt around my waist to restrain me
C majorC        E minorEm A minorAm
And they shackled my legs
C majorC FF      G+G        DmDm       C majorC
Hernandez, the "umbrella man," chained beside me
FF    C majorC
Then we rode that black mariah
G+G      A minorAm         C majorC
Through the streets of Spanish Harlem
FF             C majorC  G+G
Calling old friends on the corners
G+G    FF    C majorC
Just to lay our prayers upon them

Outro:
C majorC
Crying
C majorC        B minorBm A minorAm
Adios hermanos, a dios
FF   G+G     C majorC FF C majorC
Adios hermanos, a d ios

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