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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: G Difficulty: Novice NINA:: G D G I used to think we lived at the top of the world G When the world was just a subway map F And the one-slash-nine C G Climbed a dotted line to my place BENNY:: There's no nine train now NINA:: Right G D G I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky G When the world was just a subway map F And my thoughts took shape
NINA/BENNY::
C
On that fire escape...
NINA::
Em C Am Em
Can you remind me of what it was like
D C
At the top of the world?
BENNY::
G
Come with me
We begin July
With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
NINA::
F
You would open it every summer!
BENNY::
F
I would bust it with a wrench
C
Till my face got drenched
G
Till I heard the sirens
C
Then I ran like hell!
NINA::
You ran like hell!
BENNY::
Yeah, I ran like hell!
NINA::
I remember well!
BENNY::
G
To your father's dispatch window
“Hey, let me in, yo!
They're coming to get me!”
NINA::
F
You were always in constant trouble...
BENNY::
F C
Then your dad would act all snide, but he'd let me hide
You'd be there inside...
NINA::
G
Life was easier then
BENNY::
Nina, everything is easier
Em
When you're home...
C Em
The street's a little kinder when you're home
D
Can't you see
Em D
That the day seems clearer
C Em
Now that you are here or
Dm
Is it me?
G
Maybe it's just me...
G
We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
The sun is setting and the light is getting low
NINA::
F
Are we going to Castle Garden?
BENNY::
Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
C
I got a perfect shady spot
A little ways away that oughta
G
Cool us down
NINA::
Cool us down...
BENNY::
Welcome back to town...
NINA::
Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
BENNY::
F
Usnavi would bring his radio...
NINA::
As I walked home from Senior Studies
C
I'd see you rapping with your buddies
BENNY::
G
With the volume high
NINA::
I walked on by
BENNY::
You walked on by...
BENNY/COMMUNITY::
Em D
When you're home
BENNY::
G D
Oh, the summer nights are cooler
BENNY/COMMUNITY::
Em D
When you're home!
NINA::
G D
Now that you're here with me...
BENNY::
Em
And that song you are
D
hearing is the
C
Neighborhood just
D Am
cheering you along...
NINA::
Don't say that
BENNY::
Dm
What's wrong?
NINA::
Don't say that!
Em D G D
When I was younger, I'd imagine what would happen
Em D G D
If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico
Em D G D
Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan
Em D G
If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people
C D
My people!
Em D G C
I feel like all my life, I've tried to find the answer
Em D G C
Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
Em D G C
I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford
Em
But I'd stare out at the sea
G
Thinking, where'm I supposed to be?
D G D
So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way
BENNY::
Em
Then can I say:
D Em
I couldn't get my mind off you all day
D
Now listen to me!
Em D
That may be how you perceive it
C D
But Nina please believe
Am G
That when you find your way again
C D
You're gonna change the world and then
C G D
We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when...
Em
This was your home
NINA::
D
I'm home...
BENNY::
Em D
Welcome home...
NINA::
G C
When you're here with me...
BENNY::
Em D
Welcome home...
NINA::
G D Em D Am
I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!
BENNY::
Welcome home...
NINA::
G
I'm home...
BENNY::
C D
You're finally home
You're home!
NINA::
G
I'm home!
I'm home!
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