Verse:
Db
This is my street
Ebm
I smile at the faces
Ab
I’ve known all my life
B
They regard me with pride
Db
And everyone’s sweet
Gb
They say, “you’re going places!”
Bbm Db
So how can I say that while I was
Ab Bbm
away I had so much to hide?
Ab
“Hey guys, it’s me!
F7
The biggest disappointment you
Bbm
know.”
Gb Db
The kid couldn’t hack it
Dbm B
She’s back and she’s walking real
Bbm
slow.
Ab7
Welcome home
Db
Just breathe
Chorus:
Db Ab Abm
Sigue andando el camino
Gb A
Por toda su vida.
Ab
Respira.
Db Ab Abm Gb A Ab
Breathe
Verse:
Ab Db
As the radio plays
Ebm7
Old forgotten boleros
Db
I think of the days
B
When this city was mine
Db
I remember the praise
Ab
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
Bbm7 Gb
The neighborhood waved
Ab
Said, “Nina, be brave” and
Bbm
“You're gonna be fine!”
Ab
And maybe it’s me,
F7 Bbm
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
Gb Db Dbm
So what do I say to these faces
B Bbm
That I used to know
Ab
“Hey I’m home.”
Bridge:
Bbm Ab
Mira, Nina,
Db Gb
No me preocupo por ella.
Bbm
They’re not worried about me
Ab Db
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella.
F7
They are all counting on me to
Bbm
succeed.
Ab
Ella si da la talla,
Db Bbm
I am the one who made it out!
Gb
The one who always made the grade
A
But maybe I should have just
Stayed home...
Bbm Ab
When I was a child, I stayed wide
Gb
Awake, climbed to the highest place
F7
On every fire escape, restless
Bbm
To climb
Gb
I got every scholarship, saved
Db
Every dollar, the first to go to
F7 Bbm
College, how do I tell them why
Gb
I’m coming back home?
Db F7
With my eyes on the horizon
Bbm Ab Gb
Just me and the gwb asking,
Db A Abm
“Gee, Nina, What’ll you be?”
Verse:
Db
Straighten the spine
Gb
Smile for the neighbors
Db
Everything’s fine
Gb
Everything’s cool
Db
The standard reply:
Ab
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Bbm Gb
Smile, wave goodbye
Ab
Pray to the sky, oh, God!
Gb Ab Bbm
What will my parents say?
Gb Ab Bbm
Can I go in there and say,
Gb Db Dbm
“I know that I’m letting you down?”
Outro,
Bbm Ab
Nina...
Db Ab Abm Gb A Ab7 Db
Just breathe.
