GUANTANAMERA is the most known Patriotic Cuban song in the planet. Guantanamera refers
to the women native from Guantánamo, a municipality and city in southeast Cuba. The music
for the song is sometimes attributed to José Fernández Diaz, known as Joseíto Fernández,
who claimed to have written it at various dates (consensus puts 1929 as its year of
origin), and who used it regularly in one of his radio programs. Some who? Claim that the
song's structure actually came from Herminio "El Diablo" García Wilson, who could be
credited as a co-composer. Garcia’s heirs took the matter to court decades later but lost
the case: the Supreme Court of Cuba credited Fernandez as the sole composer of the music
in 1993. Regardless of either claim, Fernandez can safely be claimed as being the first
public promoter of the song, through his radio programs. The song has provided the
opportunity to include verses from Jose Marti poems, for instance: ?Yo soy un hombre
sincero De donde crece la palma, Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma?
Arranged by Michael Yisrael
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[INTRO] G C D7 x2
[CHORUS]
C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
G C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
[Verse]
G C D7
?Yo soy un hombre sincero
G C D7
De donde crece la palma
G C D7
Yo soy un hombre sincero
G C D7
De donde crece la palma
G C D7
Y antes de morirme quiero
G C D7
Echar mis versos de alma?
[CHORUS]
C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
G C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
[Verse]
G C D7
Mi verso es de un verde claro
G C D7
Y de un carmin encendido
G C D7
Mi verso es de un verde claro
G C D7
Y de un carmin encendido
G C D7
Mi verso es un ciervo herido
G C D7
Que busca en el monte amparo
[CHORUS]
C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
G C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
[Verse]
G C D7
Cultivo una rosa blanca
G C D7
En julio como enero
G C D7
Cultivo una rosa blanca
G C D7
En julio como enero
G C D7
Para el amigo sincero
G C D7
Que me da su mano franca
[CHORUS]
C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
G C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
[Verse]
G C D7
Con los pobres de la tierra
G C D7
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
G C D7
Con los pobres de la tierra
G C D7
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
G C D7
El arroyo de la sierra
G C D7
Me complace más que el mar
[CHORUS]
C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
G C D7
Guantanamera
G C D7
Guajira guantanamera
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