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Franky Perez
Southwest Side
from Poor Man's Son (Lava Records)
Carne con Papas/EMI Publishing


          G (320003@1)               CThere's (x32010@1)a Spanish girl with ebony eyes
        Em7               DSelling (xx0232@1)Cuban coffee and guava pies
          G (320003@1)                CWhile (x32010@1)the boys hang at the corner store
        Em7                DDrinkin (xx0232@1)Iron Beer rollin' dice on the floor
        G (320003@1)                       CThere (x32010@1)is two old timers talking politics
         Em7                    DAbout (xx0232@1)the Bay Of Pigs and Alfa '66
G (320003@1)                    CWillie (x32010@1)Chirino on the radio
Em7            DChe (xx0232@1)Guevara is no hero


                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                      GOn (320003@1)the Southwest side


         G (320003@1)                   CThere's (x32010@1)a soldier standing in silk fatigues
Em7             DDictating (xx0232@1)who stays and who leaves
        G (320003@1)                    CWhile (x32010@1)a desperate man crashes through the gates
           Em7             DThere's (xx0232@1)an uprising at Guantanamo Bay
       G (320003@1)                    CYou (x32010@1)don't know what you've got till it's gone
     Em7                        DSo (xx0232@1)embrace your freedom don't ever let it go
          G (320003@1)                         CThere's (x32010@1)an American flag waving in a Cuban breeze
Em7             D(once (xx0232@1)and let ring)
Fidel Castro is no Jos� Martiz


                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                      GOn (320003@1)the Southwest side
                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                      Em7
On the Southwest side
                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                     GOn (320003@1)the Southwest side


         G (320003@1)           CThey (x32010@1)were born in the ocean
         Em7        DThey (xx0232@1)were baptized by the sea
     G (320003@1)          CThey (x32010@1)find a revolution to fight
Em7          DFreedom (xx0232@1)in Miami Beach


                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                     GOn (320003@1)the Southwest side
                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                     Em7
On the Southwest side
                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                     C (x32010@1)DIt's (xx0232@1)just another day
                     C (x32010@1)D(once (xx0232@1)and stop)
It's just another day
                 GOn (320003@1)the Southwest side

GOh (320003@1)say can you see