Misc Musicals – In The Heights - When Youre Home (Guitar)
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[NINA:]
G D G I used to think we lived at the top of the world G When the world was just a subway map F And the one-slash-nine C G Climbed a dotted line to my place
[BENNY:]
There's no nine train now
[NINA:]
Right
G D G I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky G When the world was just a subway map F And my thoughts took shape
[NINA/BENNY:]
C
On that fire escape...[NINA:]
Em C Am Em Can you remind me of what it was like D C At the top of the world?
[BENNY:]
G
Come with meWe begin July
With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
[NINA:]
F
You would open it every summer![BENNY:]
F I would bust it with a wrench C Till my face got drenched G Till I heard the sirens C Then I ran like hell!
[NINA:]
You ran like hell!
[BENNY:]
Yeah, I ran like hell!
[NINA:]
I remember well!
[BENNY:]
G
To your father's dispatch window“Hey, let me in, yo!
They're coming to get me!”
[NINA:]
F
You were always in constant trouble...[BENNY:]
F C Then your dad would act all snide, but he'd let me hide
You'd be there inside...
[NINA:]
G
Life was easier then[BENNY:]
Nina, everything is easier
Em When you're home... C Em The street's a little kinder when you're home D Can't you see Em D That the day seems clearer C D Now that you are here or Dm Is it me? G Maybe it's just me... G We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
The sun is setting and the light is getting low
[NINA:]
F
Are we going to Castle Garden?[BENNY:]
Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
C
I got a perfect shady spotA little ways away that oughta
G
Cool us down[NINA:]
Cool us down...
[BENNY:]
Welcome back to town...
[NINA:]
Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
[BENNY:]
F
Usnavi would bring his radio...[NINA:]
As I walked home from Senior Studies
C
I'd see you rapping with your buddies[BENNY:]
G
With the volume high[NINA:]
I walked on by
[BENNY:]
You walked on by...
[BENNY/COMMUNITY:]
Em D When you're home
[BENNY:]
G D Oh, the summer nights are cooler
[BENNY/COMMUNITY:]
Em D When you're home!
[NINA:]
G D Now that you're here with me...
[BENNY:]
Em And that song you are D hearing is the C Neighborhood just D Am cheering you along...
[NINA:]
Don't say that
[BENNY:]
Dm
What's wrong?[NINA:]
Don't say that!
Em D G D When I was younger, I'd imagine what would happen Em D G D If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico Em D G D Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan Em D G If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people C D My people! Em D G C I feel like all my life, I've tried to find the answer Em D G C Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can Em D G C I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford Em But I'd stare out at the sea G Thinking, where'm I supposed to be? D G D So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way
[BENNY:]
Em Then can I say: D Em I couldn't get my mind off you all day D Now listen to me! Em D That may be how you perceive it C D But Nina please believe Am G That when you find your way again C D You're gonna change the world and then C G D We're all gonna brag and say we knew her when... Em This was your home
[NINA:]
D
I'm home...[BENNY:]
Em D Welcome home...
[NINA:]
G C When you're here with me...
[BENNY:]
Em D Welcome home...
[NINA:]
G D Em D Am I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!
[BENNY:]
Welcome home...
[NINA:]
G
I'm home...[BENNY:]
C D You're finally home
You're home!
[NINA:]
G
I'm home!I'm home!