WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Paul Simon - Adios Hermanos Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhh
Am C
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la do do do
F G F C D7 F7
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ah hh Oh Oh
C G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhh
Am Am F G
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ahhhh ahhhh
F G F C D7 Fm
Oh al la Oh al la Oh al la ah hh Oh Oh
[Verse]
C G
It was the morning of October 6th, 1960
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I was wearing my brown suit
Am7 C
Preparing to leave the house of D
F G Dm C D7 F
Shook some hands then adios Brooklyn, amigos
C
Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again
G
Some even said that my judge-
Am
Judge Gerald Culkin-
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Wouldn't play it by the book
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Maybe let us off the hook
F Am G
But, woh-oo-woh, I knew better
[Chorus]
C G
Afraid to leave the projects
Am C
To cross into another neighborhood
F G
The blancos and the nigga gangs
Dm7 Am
Well, they'd kill you if they could
F Bb
Angel of mercy, people are suffering
Em G C Bb
All over the world
F G C
Spanish children are taught on their knees
C F
To believe
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Angel of mercy, people are suffering
G7 C Bb F
All over the island tonight
C G
Mothers weep
Am G F
Sisters gr ieve
[Verse]
C
Well, I entered the courtroom, state of New York
C G Am
County of New York, just some spic
C
They scrubbed off the sidewalk
F
Guilty by my dress
G
Guilty in the press
F C F
Let the Capeman burn for the murders
C
Well the "Spanish boys" had their day in court
G Am7
And now it was time for some f**king law and order
F
The electric chair
C G F
For the greasy pair
F C
Said the judge to the court reporter
[Chorus]
C G
Afraid to leave the projects
Am C Am7
To cross into another neighborhood
F G
The newspapers and the T.V. crews
C F C F
Well, they'd kill you if they could
F Bb
Angel of mercy, people are suffering
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All over the world
C G C C7
A Spanish boy could be killed every night of
F
The week
[Verse]
F
But just let some white boy die
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And the world goes crazy for blood - Latin blood
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I don't lie when I speeee ak
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Well they shackled my hands
F G Dm C
A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me
C Em Am
And they shackled my legs
C F G Dm C
Hernandez, the "umbrella man," chained beside me
F C
Then we rode that black mariah
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Through the streets of Spanish Harlem
F C G
Calling old friends on the corners
G F C
Just to lay our prayers upon them
[Outro]
C
Crying
C Bm Am
Adios hermanos, a dios
F G C F C
Adios hermanos, a d ios