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Introducción: G Bm7 C Am7 G Em7 Am7 D
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I met a fair Tica, down in Costa Rica, when I was a young man in New Are - nal
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Her name was Anita, esta que bo - nita, esta pura vida, where I came to fall
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But she had no place, for a gringo like me, in time her affection turned neigh
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Her beauty contrasted my selfish demean, she gave and I took it a - way
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Pura vida, Anita, tu mi cora - zon
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Pero no me a - mas ? te
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Adios to Anita, and then I was gone
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I left my Anita, to stay
verse 2
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The volcano, she rumbles, and belches out steam, and casts a great shadow on the valley be - low
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Com - pared to the things that the gringos they bring, her danger is nothing, nothing at all
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And the rainforest harbors a dark mystery, the beauty a sweet siren song
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Danger lurks under the green canopy, but it never stays hidden for long
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Pura vida, Anita, tu mi cora - zon
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Pero no me a - mas ? te
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Raise a glass for Anita, and twenty years on
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I still miss Anita, to this day