Maria Maria By Santana


[Intro]




[Chorus]

          
Maria Maria 
              
She reminds me

              
 of a west sid

  
e story 
              
Growing up in 

        
Spanish Harlem

 
              
She's living t

              
he life just l

      
ike a movie st

ar 

          
Maria Maria 
              
She fell in lo

             
ve in East L.A


. 
              
To the sounds 

        
of the guitar,

 yeah, yeah 
              
Played by Carl

        
os Santana 


[Verse 1]

         
Stop the looti

ng, stop the s

hooting 
     
Pick pocking o

n the corner 
           
See as the ric

h is getting r

icher 
             
The poor is ge

      
tting poorer 

          
Se Mira Maria 

on the corner 
            
Thinking of wa

ys to make it 

better 
      
In my mailbox 

there's an evi

ction letter 
             
Somebody just 

     
said see you l

ater


[Bridge]


Ahora vengo ma

ma chola mama 

chola 

Ahora vengo mama chola 

Ahora vengo mama chola mama chola 

Ahora vengo mama chola x8 


[Chorus]

          
Maria Maria 
              
She reminds me

              
 of a west sid

  
e story 
              
Growing up in 

        
Spanish Harlem

 
              
She's living t

              
he life just l

      
ike a movie st

ar 

          
Maria Maria 
              
She fell in lo

             
ve in East L.A


. 
              
To the sounds 

        
of the guitar,

 yeah, yeah 
              
Played by Carl

        
os Santana 


[Verse 2]
              
I said a la fa

 
vella los colo

res
    
The streets ar

e getting hott

er 
            
There is no wa

ter to put out

 the fire 

Mi canto la es

peranza 

       
Se Mira Maria 

on the corner 
            
Thinking of wa

ys to make it 

better 
       
Then I looked 

up in the sky 
          
Hoping of days

 of paradise 


Ahora vengo ma

ma chola mama 

chola 

Ahora vengo mama chola x8


[Bridge]

            
     Maria you

              
 know you're m

  
y lover 
             
     When the 

              
wind blows I c

   
an feel you 
            
Through the we

              
ather and even

            
 when we're ap

art 
             
I still feel l

           
ike we're toge

ther


[Chorus]

          
Maria Maria 
              
She reminds me

              
 of a west sid

  
e story 
              
Growing up in 

        
Spanish Harlem

 
              
She's living t

              
he life just l

      
ike a movie st

ar 

          
Maria Maria 
              
She fell in lo

             
ve in East L.A


. 
              
To the sounds 

        
of the guitar,

 yeah, yeah 
              
Played by Carl

        
os Santana