Verse:
Ab
This is my street
Bbm
I smile at the faces
Eb
I’ve known all my life
Gb
They regard me with pride
Ab
And everyone’s sweet
Db
They say, “you’re going places!”
Fm Ab
So how can I say that while I was
Eb Fm
away I had so much to hide?
Eb
“Hey guys, it’s me!
C7
The biggest disappointment you
Fm
know.”
Db Ab
The kid couldn’t hack it
Abm Gb
She’s back and she’s walking real
Fm
slow.
Eb7
Welcome home
Ab
Just breathe
Chorus:
Ab Eb Ebm
Sigue andando el camino
Db E
Por toda su vida.
Eb
Respira.
Ab Eb Ebm Db E Eb
Breathe
Verse:
Eb Ab
As the radio plays
Bbm7
Old forgotten boleros
Ab
I think of the days
Gb
When this city was mine
Ab
I remember the praise
Eb
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
Fm7 Db
The neighborhood waved
Eb
Said, “Nina, be brave” and
Fm
“You're gonna be fine!”
Eb
And maybe it’s me,
C7 Fm
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
Db Ab Abm
So what do I say to these faces
Gb Fm
That I used to know
Eb
“Hey I’m home.”
Bridge:
Fm Eb
Mira, Nina,
Ab Db
No me preocupo por ella.
Fm
They’re not worried about me
Eb Ab
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella.
C7
They are all counting on me to
Fm
succeed.
Eb
Ella si da la talla,
Ab Fm
I am the one who made it out!
Db
The one who always made the grade
E
But maybe I should have just
Stayed home...
Fm Eb
When I was a child, I stayed wide
Db
Awake, climbed to the highest place
C7
On every fire escape, restless
Fm
To climb
Db
I got every scholarship, saved
Ab
Every dollar, the first to go to
C7 Fm
College, how do I tell them why
Db
I’m coming back home?
Ab C7
With my eyes on the horizon
Fm Eb Db
Just me and the gwb asking,
Ab E Ebm
“Gee, Nina, What’ll you be?”
Verse:
Ab
Straighten the spine
Db
Smile for the neighbors
Ab
Everything’s fine
Db
Everything’s cool
Ab
The standard reply:
Eb
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Fm Db
Smile, wave goodbye
Eb
Pray to the sky, oh, God!
Db Eb Fm
What will my parents say?
Db Eb Fm
Can I go in there and say,
Db Ab Abm
“I know that I’m letting you down?”
Outro,
Fm Eb
Nina...
Ab Eb Ebm Db E Eb7 Ab
Just breathe.
