Paciencia Y Fe - In The Heights chords by Soundtracks 🎦
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Advanced
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
D D+ Bm
Calor! Calor! Calor!
G/F# A/D F#
Calor! Calor! Calor!
Bm A
Ay Mama!
D F#
The summer's hottest day
Bm A
Paciencia y fe
D F#m Bm F#
Paciencia y fe
Bm A
Ay carajo, it's hot!
D F#
But that's okay
Bm A
Mama would say,
D F#m Bm F#
"Paciencia y fe"
Bm A
It was hotter at home in La Vibora
D F#m Bm F#
The Washington Heights of Havana
Bm A D F#m Bm F#
A crowded city of faces the same as mine
Bm A
Back as a child in La Vibora
D F#m Bm F#
I chased the birds in the plaza
Bm A
Praying, Mama, you would find work
D D/F# Bm F# Bsus B
Combing the stars in the sky for some sort of sign
Em A D
Ay, Mama, so many stars in Cuba
Em A D D7
En Nueva York we can't see beyond our streetlights
Gmaj7 A F#m F9
To reach the roof you gotta bribe the supa
Em F#
Ain't no cassiopia in Washington Heights
Em F#
But ain't no food in La Vibora
G A Bm
I remember nights, anger in the streets, hunger at the windows
G A D D7
Women folding clothes, playing with my friends in the summer rain
G A D9 C9 B
Mama needs a job, Mama says we're poor, one day you say, "Vamos a Nueva York"
Em A B
And Nueva York was far, but Nueva York had work, and so we came
D Bm
And now I'm wide awake
D B
A million years too late
G F# Bm
I talk to you, imagining what you'd do
G/B Cm Bb Eb Bb Cm G7
Remembering what we went through
{KEY CHANGE TO Cm}
Cm Bb
Nueva York! Ay Mama!
Eb Bb Cm G7
It wasn't like today, you'd say,
Cm
"Paciencia y fe
NEW YORKERS:
Bb
Paciencia y fe
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Eb Bb Cm
Paciencia y fe."
NEW YORKERS:
G7
Paciencia y -
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Cm Bb
Fresh off the boat in America
Eb G Cm G
Freezing in early December
Cm Bb Eb Bb Cm G7
A crowded city in nineteen forty-three!
Cm Bb
Learning the ropes in America
Eb G Cm G
En espanol I remember
Cm Bb
Dancing with Mayor LaGuardia
Eb G Cm G C
All of society welcoming Mami and me! Ha!
EMPLOYERS:
Cm Bb
You better clean this mess!
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Bb
Paciencia y fe...
EMPLOYERS:
Eb G Cm
You better learn ingles!
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Cm
Paciencia y fe...
EMPLOYERS:
Cm Bb
You better not be late
Eb G Cm
You better pull your weight
Fm G7
Are you better off then you were with the birds of La Vibora?
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Ab Bb Cm
Sharing double beds, trying to catch a break, struggling with English
Ab Bb Eb
Listening to friends, finally got a job working as a maid
Ab Bb Eb Db C7
So we cleaned some homes, polishing with pride, scrubbing the whole of the upper east side
Fm Bb C7
The days into weeks, the weeks into years, and here I stayed
NEW YORKERS:
C7
Paciencia y fe...
C7
Paciencia y fe...
C7
Paciencia y fe...
ABUELA CLAUDIA:
Eb Cm
And as I feed these birds
Eb Cm
My hands begin to shake
Ab G
And as I say these words
C7 Bb
My heart's about to break
Fm
And ay Mama
Bb Eb G Cm
What do you do when your dreams come true?
Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab
I've spent my life inheriting dreams from you
Fm Bb
What do I do with this winning ticket?
Cm Gm Ab
What can I do but pray?
Eb Cm
I buy my loaf of bread
Eb Cm
Continue with my day
Fm G7
And see you in my head
Fm/Ab G7
Imagining what you'd say
Ab Bb Fm
The birds, they fly away
Gm Ab Fm G (or Ddim)
Do they fly to La Vibora?
Spoken:
N.C.
Alright, Mama, Okay.
C C+ Am
Paciencia y fe!
NEIGHBORS:
F Fm C
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