Misc Musicals – In The Heights - Alabanza (Guitar)

        Bm                   A
She was found and pronounced

        D       A        Bm
She was already lying in bed

               Bm                       A
The paramedics said that her heart gave out

D      A                   Bm
That's basically what they said

                 Bm                      A
They said a combination of the stress and the heat

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Why she never took her medicine, I’ll never understand

                            A
I’d like to think she went out in peace

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With pieces of bread crumbs in her hand

Bm             A    
Abuela Claudia had simple pleasures

             D          A          Bm
She sang the praises of things we ignore

           Bm                   A
Glass Coke bottles, bread crumbs, a sky full of stars

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She cherished these things, she’d say: “Alabanza.”

           A                                D
Alabanza means to raise this thing to God’s face

       A           Bm              A         G
And to sing, quite literally: “Praise to this.”

               A
When she was here, the path was clear

             Bm       A
And she was just here

         Bm
she was just here…

   Bm  A
Alaban-za

   D       A    Bm
Alabanza a doña Claudia, señor

   Bm  A      D   C
Alaban-za, alaban-za