Southwest Side

          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                      
There is two old timers talking 
   C
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                    
While a desperate man crashes 
  C
through the gates
Continues after the ad
           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                        
There's an American flag waving in 
   C
a Cuban breeze
Em7             D (once and let 
ring)
Fidel Castro is no Jos� 
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