Misc Musicals – In The Heights - Paciencia Y Fe (Guitar)
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[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!