Key: C
Introduction:
C F
(verse)
C F
little indian girl, where is your mama?
C F
little indian girl, where is your papa?
C F
he's fighting in the war in the streets of masaya
G F
all the children were dead
G F
except for the girl who said
C F
"please mister gringo, please find my father"
G F G F
lesson number one better learn while you're young
C F
life just goes on and on getting harder and harder
C F C F
little indian girl, from nueva, granada
(verse)
C F
ma says there's no food, there's nothing left in the larder
C F
last piece of meat was eaten by the soldiers that raped her
G F G F
lesson number one that you learn when you're young
C F
life just goes on and on getting harder and harder
C F
life just goes on and on getting harder and harder
C F
little indian girls from nueva, granada
C F
little indian girls from nueva, granada
G F
yes, i saw them today
G F
it's a sight i would say
C
they're shooting down planes
F
with their m-16 and with laughter
(verse)
C F
mr. gringo, my father he ain't no che guevara
C F
and he's fighting a war on the streets of masaya
C F
little indian girl where is your father?
C F
indian girl where is your momma?
C F
they're fighting for mr. castro in the streets of angola
C F C
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