Verse:
Eb
This is my street
Fm
I smile at the faces
Bb
I’ve known all my life
Db
They regard me with pride
Eb
And everyone’s sweet
Ab
They say, “you’re going places!”
Cm Eb
So how can I say that while I was
Bb Cm
away I had so much to hide?
Bb
“Hey guys, it’s me!
G7
The biggest disappointment you
Cm
know.”
Ab Eb
The kid couldn’t hack it
Ebm Db
She’s back and she’s walking real
Cm
slow.
Bb7
Welcome home
Eb
Just breathe
Chorus:
Eb Bb Bbm
Sigue andando el camino
Ab B
Por toda su vida.
Bb
Respira.
Eb Bb Bbm Ab B Bb
Breathe
Verse:
Bb Eb
As the radio plays
Fm7
Old forgotten boleros
Eb
I think of the days
Db
When this city was mine
Eb
I remember the praise
Bb
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
Cm7 Ab
The neighborhood waved
Bb
Said, “Nina, be brave” and
Cm
“You're gonna be fine!”
Bb
And maybe it’s me,
G7 Cm
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
Ab Eb Ebm
So what do I say to these faces
Db Cm
That I used to know
Bb
“Hey I’m home.”
Bridge:
Cm Bb
Mira, Nina,
Eb Ab
No me preocupo por ella.
Cm
They’re not worried about me
Bb Eb
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella.
G7
They are all counting on me to
Cm
succeed.
Bb
Ella si da la talla,
Eb Cm
I am the one who made it out!
Ab
The one who always made the grade
B
But maybe I should have just
Stayed home...
Cm Bb
When I was a child, I stayed wide
Ab
Awake, climbed to the highest place
G7
On every fire escape, restless
Cm
To climb
Ab
I got every scholarship, saved
Eb
Every dollar, the first to go to
G7 Cm
College, how do I tell them why
Ab
I’m coming back home?
Eb G7
With my eyes on the horizon
Cm Bb Ab
Just me and the gwb asking,
Eb B Bbm
“Gee, Nina, What’ll you be?”
Verse:
Eb
Straighten the spine
Ab
Smile for the neighbors
Eb
Everything’s fine
Ab
Everything’s cool
Eb
The standard reply:
Bb
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Cm Ab
Smile, wave goodbye
Bb
Pray to the sky, oh, God!
Ab Bb Cm
What will my parents say?
Ab Bb Cm
Can I go in there and say,
Ab Eb Ebm
“I know that I’m letting you down?”
Outro,
Cm Bb
Nina...
Eb Bb Bbm Ab B Bb7 Eb
Just breathe.
