Oh, Ma ri a Ma ri (Dm7)a.
She re minds me of a West Side (Am7)sto ry.
Grow ing up in Span ish Har lem,
she’s liv ing the life just like a (Am7)mov ie star.
Oh, Ma (A7)ri a, Ma ri (Dm7)a,
she fell in love in East L.
(Am7)A.
To the sounds of the gui tar, yeah, yeah,
(CN.C.)played by Car los San tan a.
Stop the loot ing, stop the shoot ing, pick pock ing on the cor ner.
See, as the rich is get ting rich er, the poor is get ting poor er.
Se mi ra Ma ri a on the cor ner, think ing of ways to make it bet ter.
In my mail box there’s an e vic tion let ter.
(Em7)Some bod y just said see you lat er.
A (CN.C.)hor a ven go ma ma cho la ma ma cho la.
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la (East coast).
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la ma ma cho la.
A hor a ven go Ma ma ri la a, Ma ri (Dm7)a,
she re minds me of a West Side (Am7)sto ry.
Grow ing up in Span ish Har lem,
she’s liv ing the life just like a (Am7)mov ie star.
Oh,
Ma (A7)ri a, Ma ri (Dm7)a,
she fell in love in East L.
(Am7)A.
I said a to the sounds of a gui tar, yeah, yeah,
(CN.C.)played by Car los San tan a.
I said a la fa vell a los col or es.
The streets are get ting hot ter.
There is no wa ter to put out the fi re.
Mi can to es per an za.
Se mi ra Ma ri a on the cor ner, think ing of ways to make it bet ter.
Then I looked up in the sky hop ing of days of par a dise.
A (CN.C.)hor a ven go ma ma cho la ma ma cho la.
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la (North Side).
A (CN.C.)hor a ven go ma ma cho la ma ma cho la.
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la (South Side).
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la ma ma cho la.
A hor a ven go ma ma cho la up your eyes.)
Ma ri a, you know you’re my (G)lov er.
When the wind blows I can (Em7)feel you through the weath er and e ven when we are a (G)part,
still feels like we’re to geth er.
Ma ri
(Dm7)a,
she re minds me of a West Side (Am7)sto ry.
Grow ing up in Span ish Har lem
she’s liv ing the life just like a (Am7)mov ie star.
Oh,
Ma (A7)ri a, Ma ri (Dm7)a,
she fell in love in (Am7)East L.
A.
to the sound of a gui tar
played by Car los San tan a.
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