Verse:
Gb
This is my street
Abm
I smile at the faces
Db
I’ve known all my life
E
They regard me with pride
Gb
And everyone’s sweet
B
They say, “you’re going places!”
Ebm Gb
So how can I say that while I was
Db Ebm
away I had so much to hide?
Db
“Hey guys, it’s me!
Bb7
The biggest disappointment you
Ebm
know.”
B Gb
The kid couldn’t hack it
Gbm E
She’s back and she’s walking real
Ebm
slow.
Db7
Welcome home
Gb
Just breathe
Chorus:
Gb Db Dbm
Sigue andando el camino
B D
Por toda su vida.
Db
Respira.
Gb Db Dbm B D Db
Breathe
Verse:
Db Gb
As the radio plays
Abm7
Old forgotten boleros
Gb
I think of the days
E
When this city was mine
Gb
I remember the praise
Db
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
Ebm7 B
The neighborhood waved
Db
Said, “Nina, be brave” and
Ebm
“You're gonna be fine!”
Db
And maybe it’s me,
Bb7 Ebm
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
B Gb Gbm
So what do I say to these faces
E Ebm
That I used to know
Db
“Hey I’m home.”
Bridge:
Ebm Db
Mira, Nina,
Gb B
No me preocupo por ella.
Ebm
They’re not worried about me
Db Gb
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella.
Bb7
They are all counting on me to
Ebm
succeed.
Db
Ella si da la talla,
Gb Ebm
I am the one who made it out!
B
The one who always made the grade
D
But maybe I should have just
Stayed home...
Ebm Db
When I was a child, I stayed wide
B
Awake, climbed to the highest place
Bb7
On every fire escape, restless
Ebm
To climb
B
I got every scholarship, saved
Gb
Every dollar, the first to go to
Bb7 Ebm
College, how do I tell them why
B
I’m coming back home?
Gb Bb7
With my eyes on the horizon
Ebm Db B
Just me and the gwb asking,
Gb D Dbm
“Gee, Nina, What’ll you be?”
Verse:
Gb
Straighten the spine
B
Smile for the neighbors
Gb
Everything’s fine
B
Everything’s cool
Gb
The standard reply:
Db
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Ebm B
Smile, wave goodbye
Db
Pray to the sky, oh, God!
B Db Ebm
What will my parents say?
B Db Ebm
Can I go in there and say,
B Gb Gbm
“I know that I’m letting you down?”
Outro,
Ebm Db
Nina...
Gb Db Dbm B D Db7 Gb
Just breathe.
