Verse:
Bb
This is my street
Cm
I smile at the faces
F
I’ve known all my life
Ab
They regard me with pride
Bb
And everyone’s sweet
Eb
They say, “you’re going places!”
Gm Bb
So how can I say that while I was
F Gm
away I had so much to hide?
F
“Hey guys, it’s me!
D7
The biggest disappointment you
Gm
know.”
Eb Bb
The kid couldn’t hack it
Bbm Ab
She’s back and she’s walking real
Gm
slow.
F7
Welcome home
Bb
Just breathe
Chorus:
Bb F Fm
Sigue andando el camino
Eb Gb
Por toda su vida.
F
Respira.
Bb F Fm Eb Gb F
Breathe
Verse:
F Bb
As the radio plays
Cm7
Old forgotten boleros
Bb
I think of the days
Ab
When this city was mine
Bb
I remember the praise
F
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
Gm7 Eb
The neighborhood waved
F
Said, “Nina, be brave” and
Gm
“You're gonna be fine!”
F
And maybe it’s me,
D7 Gm
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
Eb Bb Bbm
So what do I say to these faces
Ab Gm
That I used to know
F
“Hey I’m home.”
Bridge:
Gm F
Mira, Nina,
Bb Eb
No me preocupo por ella.
Gm
They’re not worried about me
F Bb
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella.
D7
They are all counting on me to
Gm
succeed.
F
Ella si da la talla,
Bb Gm
I am the one who made it out!
Eb
The one who always made the grade
Gb
But maybe I should have just
Stayed home...
Gm F
When I was a child, I stayed wide
Eb
Awake, climbed to the highest place
D7
On every fire escape, restless
Gm
To climb
Eb
I got every scholarship, saved
Bb
Every dollar, the first to go to
D7 Gm
College, how do I tell them why
Eb
I’m coming back home?
Bb D7
With my eyes on the horizon
Gm F Eb
Just me and the gwb asking,
Bb Gb Fm
“Gee, Nina, What’ll you be?”
Verse:
Bb
Straighten the spine
Eb
Smile for the neighbors
Bb
Everything’s fine
Eb
Everything’s cool
Bb
The standard reply:
F
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Gm Eb
Smile, wave goodbye
F
Pray to the sky, oh, God!
Eb F Gm
What will my parents say?
Eb F Gm
Can I go in there and say,
Eb Bb Bbm
“I know that I’m letting you down?”
Outro,
Gm F
Nina...
Bb F Fm Eb Gb F7 Bb
Just breathe.
