Franky Perez
Southwest Side
from Poor Man's Son (Lava Records)
Carne con Papas/EMI Publishing


          G                 C
There's a Spanish girl with ebony eyes
        Em7               D
Selling Cuban coffee and guava pies
          G                  C
While the boys hang at the corner store
        Em7                D
Drinkin Iron Beer rollin' dice on the floor
        G                         C
There is two old timers talking politics
         Em7                    D
About the Bay Of Pigs and Alfa '66
G                      C
Willie Chirino on the radio
Em7            D
Che Guevara is no hero


                     C  D
It's just another day
                      G
On the Southwest side


         G                     C
There's a soldier standing in silk fatigues
Em7             D
Dictating who stays and who leaves
        G                      C
While a desperate man crashes through the gates
           Em7             D
There's an uprising at Guantanamo Bay
       G                      C
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
     Em7                        D
So embrace your freedom don't ever let it go
          G                           C
There's an American flag waving in a Cuban breeze
Em7             D (once and let ring)
Fidel Castro is no José Martiz


                     C  D
It's just another day
                      G
On the Southwest side
                     C  D
It's just another day
                      Em7
On the Southwest side
                     C  D
It's just another day
                     G
On the Southwest side


         G             C
They were born in the ocean
         Em7        D
They were baptized by the sea
     G            C
They find a revolution to fight
Em7          D
Freedom in Miami Beach


                     C  D
It's just another day
                     G
On the Southwest side
                     C  D
It's just another day
                     Em7
On the Southwest side
                     C  D
It's just another day
                     C  D
It's just another day
                     C  D (once and stop)
It's just another day
                 G
On the Southwest side

G
Oh say can you see