www.franky-perez.com
USA
Franky Perez
Southwest Side
from Poor Man's Son (Lava Records)
Carne con Papas/EMI Publishing
G C
There's a Spanish girl with ebony eyes
Em7 D
Selling Cuban coffee and guava pies
G C
While the boys hang at the corner store
Em7 D
Drinkin Iron Beer rollin' dice on the floor
G C
There is two old timers talking politics
Em7 D
About the Bay Of Pigs and Alfa '66
G C
Willie Chirino on the radio
Em7 D
Che Guevara is no hero
C D
It's just another day
G
On the Southwest side
G C
There's a soldier standing in silk fatigues
Em7 D
Dictating who stays and who leaves
G C
While a desperate man crashes through the gates
Em7 D
There's an uprising at Guantanamo Bay
G C
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
Em7 D
So embrace your freedom don't ever let it go
G C
There's an American flag waving in a Cuban breeze
Em7 D (once and let ring)
Fidel Castro is no Jos� Martiz
C D
It's just another day
G
On the Southwest side
C D
It's just another day
Em7
On the Southwest side
C D
It's just another day
G
On the Southwest side
G C
They were born in the ocean
Em7 D
They were baptized by the sea
G C
They find a revolution to fight
Em7 D
Freedom in Miami Beach
C D
It's just another day
G
On the Southwest side
C D
It's just another day
Em7
On the Southwest side
C D
It's just another day
C D
It's just another day
C D (once and stop)
It's just another day
G
On the Southwest side
G
Oh say can you see
