Prayer for Spanish Harlem chords and lyrics

by: Jackie Greene
transcribed by: Tony Martinez




intro: F  Bb F  Bb F  Bb  Em Dm




Verse 1:

Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)  FHot (133211@1)night, Spanish Harlem

Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)     Dmfull (xx0231@1)moon, creepin low

  Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)    Di (xx0232@1)was standing at the bottom

Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1) Dof (xx0232@1)your blue window


verse 2:


  Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)  
I come from miles, just to hold you

Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)       Em (022000@1)    Dmbeen (xx0231@1)so long baby, how ya been

Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)do you remember what i told you?

     Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)        Dmyour (xx0231@1)still the same it was back then

 Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)         Fstill (133211@1)the same it was back then


chorus 1:



       Cand (x32010@1)i hope it all come easy

   Dm (xx0231@1)     
i hope it all feels right

  Bba (x1333x@1)dozen different candles

 F (133211@1)          Cline (x32010@1)your bed tonight

       Dm (xx0231@1) 
and i hope it's never over

   Ami (x02210@1)hope it never ends

 Bbwhen (x1333x@1)i go, i hope that you will

C (x32010@1)        
want me back again and I


Verse 3:



       Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)   Fcause (133211@1)this world,thats all around us

Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)    Dmis (xx0231@1)for real,tonight again

Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)      Dmand (xx0231@1)the hate and greed surrounds us

Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Dmtheres (xx0231@1)love in my veins

   Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)        Fso (133211@1)hush now, do no more talking

   Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)
my heart is heavy, its a ragged stone

Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)    Em (022000@1)         Dmall (xx0231@1)i want is you with me walkin

Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Dmbecause (xx0231@1)i can't walk alone

Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1) Fbecause (133211@1)i can't walk alone



Chorus 2:


       C (x32010@1)      
And i hope that when we go 

         Dmthey'll (xx0231@1)take us some place good

BbWe (x1333x@1)can all be kings

F (133211@1)               Cin (x32010@1)common neighborhoods

      Dm (xx0231@1)         
and i hope we live together

      Amthe (x02210@1)daughter and the son

      Bband (x1333x@1)i hope they take me in

        C (x32010@1)      
when my work upon this earth is done



Verse 4:



BbF         Bb (x1333x@1)      Fi (133211@1)wish, you loved in miles

BbF    Em (022000@1)            Dmi (xx0231@1)wish, that you would see

Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)          Dmhow (xx0231@1)time says that love expires

    Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)BbF Em (022000@1)  Dmbut (xx0231@1)not me, not me, not me, not me

Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)BbF  Em (022000@1) Dmnot (xx0231@1)me, not me, not me, not me