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Thread #147399   Message #3416362
Posted By: GUEST,Tony
08-Oct-12 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Cuban Folk Songs?
Subject: RE: Cuban Folk Songs?
Here's what I use, in A minor, with chords in capitals and added notes in lower case. Vera sings it in F minor. My phrasing is a little different, but I think at least the main chords would work if transposed down.

Am      b          b             f       d         d      E    d
Qué te'importa que te amé            si tú no me quieres ya?
What does my love mean, my darling,    if you don't want me now?

         c d   d   c      Dm   e E                c d Am f b d
      El amor que ya'ha pasado    no se debe      recordar.
Tho' your heart has grown cold,       I still love you so.

    b            b         Dm   e             c b Am d
Fui la ilusión   de   tu   vida   un dia    lejano ya.
    I   was your heart's desire      one day long ago.

       b       b    E      d                   c d Am    f
Hoy represento al pasado       no me puedo    conformar.
Now I'm only    a memory;      someone you used to know.

               f    Dm    e E                c b Am f d b d
Hoy represento al pasado       no me puedo   conformar.
Yes, I'm only   a   memory;    but I can't let you go.

       Dmg            g               Am             d      f
Si las cosas que'uno quiere    se pudieran      alcanzar
    If only       a new love could grow out of the old;

      Dm            e       Am         d      E         c d Am   f
tu me quis   -   ieras   lo mismo         que veinte años atrás.
      if you could want me as you did       twenty years ago.

       Dmg    g    g         g       Am          d       f d
Con qué tristeza miramos          un amor   que se nos va.
    How sadly   we watched as    love slowly slipped away,

Dm      e   e          Am                E          c   d Am   f
Es un   pedazo      del alma    que se'arrancan    sin piedad.
tearing a piece from my dying heart       with each passing day.

Dm       e e            Am    d          E          c Am
Es un    pedazo      del alma    que se'arrancan sin piedad.
Tearing my poor heart to pieces,       as love slipped away.