Title: Puerto Band: Calexico Album: Algiers (2012) Capo 5th Fret Intro: Am-E Play like this: E-|------0---1--0--|-------0---1--0-|-------0----1-0---|-------0-----------| B-|----1--3--------|---------3------|-----1---3--------|----------3--1--0--| G-|--2-------------|-----1----------|---2--------------|-----1-------------| D-|----------------|---2------------|------------------|--2----------------| A-|-0--------------|----------------|-0----------------|-------------------| E-|----------------|-0--------------|------------------|-0-----------------| Verse 1

^AmLupita's 'gonna weave a ^Epath to the land up north ^Am'Gonna find her ^Eway through the thick of it all ^AmLooking at the ^Elights dancing in the sky ^AmHoping for a ^Efallen star

Spanish part

^AmMe consuelo viendo estrellas bailando en el puerto ^E

Pre-Verse

^DmBrought them gold from the ^Amcountry to help cure their ^Eillness ^DmBut they landed with ^Amonly one purpose for ^Econquest ^DmThough there's still this ^Amwave of unsettling ^Ehunger^E7 that never disappears

Am-E-Am-E (like Intro) Verse 2

^AmRigo working one, ^Etwo, three different jobs ^AmAnd when he comes back ^Ehome he welds into the night ^AmBuilds an air ^Eballoon for his pickup truck ^Am'Gonna fly up and ^Eover the wall Ref. ^AmIf everything stays ^Am/F#exactly the same ^Am/F Then nothing can move and ^Enothing can change

Spanish part

^AmMe siento ese pájaro que danza sobre el puerto^E Pre-Verse ^DmCarried ships from the ^Amsea up over the ^Emountains ^DmThe warriors fell to their ^Amknees by the invisible ^Evirus ^DmAnd still you can ^Amfeel this wave of unsettling ^Eanger^E7 that never disappears

Am-E-Am-E (like Intro) Verse 3

^AmShe's talking on the ^Ephone in the heart of town ^AmTo her Bachata ^EMama in the heart of the world ^AmSaying "please ^Ecome back to Santo Domingo ^AmWhy you gotta ^Ebe so far away"

Ref.

^AmIf everything stays ^Am/F#exactly the same ^Am/F Then no one can move and ^Eno one can change

Spanish part

^AmAmo ver la Luna vacilando en el puerto ^E

^DmNo one fortelling the ^Amdepth and type of ^Edestruction ^DmNor the sadness ^Amtrapped on the tongue of ^EMalinche ^DmQuetzalcoatl ^Amfeathers strewn out over the ^Ealtar ^DmBlood running down the ^Ampyramid steps in the ^Emorning ^DmCodices lost to a ^Amlanguage that's been ^Ebroken ^DmThere's this growing ^Amsense of impending ^Eanger^E7 that never disappears

Am-E-Am-E (like Intro) Spanish part

^AmNinguna ^Eentrada , ^Amqueda en el ^Epuerto

Calexico - Puerto