Paul Simon – Adios Hermanos (Guitar)
Capo 1
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This song is in the key of Db
Capo I to play along in C at
[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 G Am7 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- F Wouldn't play it by the book G G7 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 F Bb6 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 fucking 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 E C Bb 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 Bb C Bb F And the world goes crazy for blood - Latin blood Cm G Am G F I don't lie when I speeee ak F C C Am 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 G Am C 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