Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Maria Maria - Santana ft. Wyclef Jean
Intro:
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Ladies and gents, turn up your sound system to the sound of Carlos Santana
and the GMB, get away, move from the refugee camp.
Verse 1:
DmEAm
Oh, Maria Maria, she remind me of a west side story
Em7E7Am
Growing up in Spanish Harlem, shes living the life just like a movie star
ADmEAm7
Oh, Maria Maria, she fell in love in East L.A.
Em7Am
to the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah, played by Carlos Santana
🎸
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Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
G
Stop the looting, stop the shooting, pick pocking on the corner
FGE7
See as the rich is getting richer, the poor is getting poorer
AmG
Se mia Maria on the corner, thinking of ways to make it better
FGE7
In my mailbox theres an eviction letter, somebody just said see you later
Am
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
Verse 3:
DmEAm
Maria Maria, she remind me of a west side story
Em7E7Am
Growing up in Spanish Harlem, shes living the life just like a movie star
ADmEAm7
Oh, Maria Maria, she fell in love in East L.A.
Em7Am
to the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah, played by Carlos Santana
Instrumental:
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Verse 4:
G
I said a la favella los colores, the streets are getting hotter
FEmE7
There is no water to put out the fire, mi canto la esperanza
AmG
Se mira Maria on the corner, thinking of ways to make it better
FEmE7Am
Then I looked up in the sky hoping of days of paradise
N.C
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
(Northside)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
(Southside)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
(Worldwide)
Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola, ahora vengo mama chola
(Open up your eyes)
Bridge:
GF
Maria you know youre my lover
EmE7Am
when the wind blows I can feel you through the weather
GFEm
And even when we are apart it still feels like were together
Verse 5:
E7DmEAm
Maria, yeah, she remind me of a west side story
Em7E7Am
Growing up in Spanish Harlem, shes living the life just like a movie star
ADmEAm7
Oh, Maria Maria, she fell in love in East L.A.
Em7Am
to the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah, played by Carlos Santana
Outro:
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Put 'em up y'all, Carlos Santana with the refugee camp,
Wyclef, Jerry Windup, Mr. Santana, GMB
Yo Carlos man, you're making that guitar cry...
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