Breathe

[Intro] G  D/F#  Dm/F  C/E
        Eb  Eb  D7  D7

[Estribillo]

G       D/F#         Dm/F    C/E      Eb
  Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
D4 D
Respira
G      D/F#        Dm/F        C/E      Eb
  Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga
   Bb  F
Respi_ra

[Primera Parte]

          G
This is my street
                Am
I smile at the faces
                 G/D
I’ve known all my life
                       F
They regard me with pride
              G/D
And everyone’s sweet
                           C/E
They say, “You’re going places!’
   Em       G/C                  D4
So how can I say that while I was away
D                 Em
I had so much to hide!
               D
“Hey guys, it’s me!
   B7         B7/D#         Em
The biggest disappointment you know.”
    C          G/B
The kid couldn’t hack it
     Gm           F         Em
She’s back and she’s walkin’ real slow
       D7
Welcome home
    G
Just breathe

[Estribillo]

G       D/F#         Dm/F     C/E    Eb
  Sigue andando el camino por toda su vida
 D4 D
Respira
G      D/F#        Dm/F        C/E      Eb
  Y si pierdes mis huellas que dios te bendiga
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D4  D
Respi_ra

[Segunda Parte]

D           G                    Am7
As the radio plays old forgotten boleros
                 G/B                 F
I think of the days when this city was mine
                    G/D
I remember the praise
                  D/E
“Ay, te adoro, te quiero,”
    Em7        C
The neighborhood waved, and
               D
Said, “Nina, be brave and
               Em
You’re gonna be fine!”
              D
And maybe it’s me
      B7           B7/D#      Em
But it all seems like lifetimes ago
   C         G/B          Gm/Bb      F           Em
So what do I say to these faces that I used to know?
        D
“Hey, I’m home?”

[Puente]

Em  D
Mira Nina (Hey...)
G                  C
No me preocupo por ella
C                      Em
They’re not worried about me
Em    D                   G
Mira, allí esta nuestra estrella!
            B7        B7/D#    Em
They are all counting on me to succeed
            Eb/D D
(Ella sí da la talla!)

  D      G       D/F#    Em
I am the one who made it out!
D  C                     C
The one who always made the grade
   Eb5+
But maybe I should have just stayed home
Em                         D
When I was a child I stayed wide awake
              C
Climbed to the highest place
        B7
On every fire escape
B7/D#       Em
Restless to climb
             C
I got every scholarship
             G
Saved every dollar
                  B7
The first to go to college
     B7/D#         Em
How do I tell them why
                C
I’m coming back home?
        G             B7  B7/D#
With my eyes on the horizon
    Em          D   C
Just me and the G W B, asking
G                    Eb Dm
“Gee Nina, what’ll you be?"

[Tercera Parte]

              G
Straighten the spine
             G/A
Smile for the neighbors
            G/B
Everything’s fine
            C
Everything’s cool
              G/D
The standard reply
                        D/E
“Lots of tests, lots of papers.”
Em                C
Smile, wave goodbye
                D
And pray to the sky, oh, God!
   C          D          Em
And what will my parents say?
   C      D          Em
Can I go in there and say
  C          G          Gm   F/A
“I know that I’m letting you down”?

[Final]

Em D
Nina
      G D/F#  Dm/F  C/E  Eb  D7  G
Just breathe