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Asa Branca

Asa Branca is one of the most popular songs from Luiz Gonzagas repertoire, co-written with Humberto Teixeira in 1947. The song talks about the painful experience of drought in the Brazilian Northeast, where the narrator describes the land burning and the lack of water, which forces the fauna to migrate and people to abandon their lands. Asa Branca was inspired by the tradition of santo downtrodders, and became an unofficial anthem of the northeas ... tern migrants. See more [+]

Key: C

Introduction:

 G                                                 C 
    Quando olhei a terra ardendo
                   G         D7/F#     G 
Qual fogueira de São João
                       G7                       C 
(Eu perguntei a Deus do céu, ai
                       D7                 G 
Por quê tamanha judiação) (2x)
                                             C 
Que braseiro, que fornaia
                 G           D7/F#   G 
Nem um pé de plan-ta-ção
                         G7                           C 
(Por farta d'água perdi meu gado
                       D7                     G 
Morreu de sede, meu alazão) (2x)
                                       C 
Inté mesmo a asa branca
             G         D7/F#   G 
Bateu asas do   sertão
                           G7                         C 
(entonce eu disse, adeus Rosinha
                       D7                     G 
Guarda contigo meu coração) (2x)
                                       C 
Hoje longe muitas léguas
                 G         D7/F#  G 
Nessa triste so-li-dão
                         G7                     C 
(Espero a chuva cair de novo
                         D7                       G 
Pra mim voltá pro meu sertão) (2x)
                                                 C 
Quando o verde dos teus olhos
                   G             D7/F#   G 
Se espalhar na plan-ta-ção
                         G7                             C 
(Eu te asseguro, nao chores não, viu?
                           D7                                 G 
Que eu vortarei, viu, meu coração)2X
(intro tocando a parte 3 - 2x)
                           F/A   G 
(solo - em intervalos de 6ª)
(parte 1)

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