Paciencia Y Fe - In The Heights chords by Soundtracks

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
Calor! Calor Calor!