Track Info
- Song: In The Heights
- Artist: Lin-Manuel Miranda/ Misc Musicals
- Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Produced by Sergio George, Mike Elizondo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire
- Album: In the Heights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(EADGBE)
- Key: Eb
- Chords: Bb, D7, Gm, Eb, Gm7, Eb/F, Emaj7, F, F/G, D, G, A, Bm, Gm /Bb, Gm6, A7, Am7, E, E7sus, C, E7, Am, Eb7, F7, Dm, Bbm/Db, A7/C#, G/D, Bm/D, A/D, D/F#, Asus, Gb7, Cm9, D7sus, F/A, Cm, Gm/D, F/Eb, E/G#, G#+, Esus, Am/E
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
[Intro]
N.C
Lights up on Washington Heights,
up at the break of day
I wake up and I got this little punk
I gotta chase away
Pop the grate at the crack of dawn, sing
While I wipe down the awning
Hey ya'll good morning
N.C
Ice cold piragua! Parcha. China.
Cherry. Strawberry. Just for today,
I got mamey
Oye, piraguero, como estas?
Como siempre, Senor Usnavi.
[Verse 1]
Bb
I am Usnavi and you prob'ly
never heard my name
D7
Reports of my fame are greatly exaggerated
Gm
Exacerbated by the fact that my syntax is
Eb
highly complicated cuz I emigrated
from the single
Bb
greatest little place in the Caribbean
D7
Dominican Republic
I love it,
D7
Jesus, I'm jealous of it
Gm
And beyond that,
Ever since my folks passed on,
Eb
I haven't gone back
Goddamn, I gotta get on that
Bb
Foh! The milk has gone bad,
hold up just a second
D7
Why is everything in this fridge
warm and tepid?
Gm
I better step it up and
fight the heat
Eb
Cuz I'm not making any profit
if the coffee isn't light and sweet!
N.C
Ooo-ooo!
Abuela, my fridge broke.
I've got cafe, but no con leche.
Try my mother's old recipe:
one can of condensed milk.
Nice.
Ay! Paciencia y fe!
[Verse 2]
Bb D7
That was Abuela, she's not really my abuela
Gm7
But she practically raised me
Eb Eb/F
This corner is her escuela
Bb
Now you're prob'ly thinkin
D7
"I'm up on shit's creek
Gm7
I never been north of 96th street"
Well you must take the A train
Gm7
Even farther than Harlem
Eb Eb/F
To norther Manhattan and maintain
Bb D7
Get off at 181st and take the escalator
I hope your writing this down
I'm gonna test you later
Bb D7
I'm getting tested times are tough
on this bodega
Gm7 Eb
Two months ago somebody bought Ortega's
Eb/F Bb
Our neighbors started packin up and pickin up
D7
And ever since the rents went up
Ebmaj7
It's gotten mad expensive
D7sus Am7(b5)
But we live with just enough
[Chorus]
D7 Gm
In the heights
I flip my lights and start my day
There are fights
And endless debts
D7
And bills to pay
Gm
In the heights
F
I can't survive without cafe
Eb D7
I serve cafe
Gm F Ebmaj7
Cuz tonight seems like a million years away!
D+7
En Washington-
[Verse 3]
N.C
Next up to bat, the Rosarios
They run the cab company
They struggle in the barrio
See, their daughter Nina's off at college,
tuition is mad steep
So they can't sleep
Everything they get is mad cheap
C E7 Am
Good morning, Usnavi.
F F/G
Pan caliente, cafe con leche
C E7
Put twenty dollars on today's lottery
Am
One ticket, that's it
F F/G
Hey, a man's gotta dream
C E7
Don't mind him, he's all excited
Am F F/G
Cuz Nina just flew in at 3 AM last night
C
Don't look at me,
E7 Am
this one's been cooking all week.
Usnavi, come over for dinner
D G
There's plenty to eat
[Verse 4]
A G D G
So then Yesenia walks in the room
A G Bm
She smells sex and cheap perfume
Gm D
It smells like one of those trees that you hang from the
Gm/Bb
rear view
D
It's true
G A G D G
She screams, "Who's in there with you, Julio?"
A G Bm
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door
Gm6 D G A
He's in bed with Jose from the liquor store
No me diga
D G A
Daniela and Carla from the salon.
A7 D G A
Thanks, Usnavi!
N.C
Sonny, you're late.
Chillax, you know you love me.
[Verse 5]
C E7
Me and my cousin runnin just another
dime a dozen
Am7
Mom-and-pop stop-and-shop
F F/G
And, oh my God,
C E7
it's gotten too darn hot like my man
Cole Porter said
Am7 F F/G C
People come through for a few cold waters and a lottery
E7
ticket, just a part of the routine
Am7
Everybody's got a job
F F/G
Everybody's got a dream
C E7
They gossip as I sip my coffee and smirk
The first stop as people hop to work
Bust it-I'm like-
C E7 Am
1 dollar, 2 dollar, 1.50, 1.69
I got it
F
You want a box of condoms what kind?
C
That's two quarters
E7
Two quarter waters. The New York Times
Am
You need a bag for that? The tax is added
F
Once you get some practice at it
C
You do rapid mathematics
E7
Automatically
Am
Sellin maxipads and fuzzy dice for
F
taxicabs and practically
C E7
Everybody's stressed, yes,
but they press through the mess
Bounce checks and wonder what's next
[Chorus]
Am
In the heights
G F E7
I buy my coffee and I go
Am
Set my sights
G F E7
On only what I need to know
Am
In the heights
G F E7
Money is tight, but even so
Am G F E
When the lights go down I blast my radio
[Verse 6]
N.C Am
You ain't got no skills
Benny!
Lemme get a-
F
Milky Way
Yeah, lemme also get a-
C
Daily News
And a-
Post
And most important my-
E7sus
Boss' second coffee, one cream
5 sugars
Am
I'm the #1 earner
The fastest learner
F Eb7 F7
My boss can't keep me on the damn back burner
C
Yes he can
I'm makin moves,
E7sus
I'm makin deals, but guess what?
What?
Am
You still ain't got no skills
Hardee-har
Vanessa show up yet?
F
Shut up!
Hey little homie don't get so upset
C
Tell Vanessa how you feel
E
Buy the girl a meal
On the real
Or you ain't got no skills
Dm F
NO! NO NO NO!
Gm
NO NO NO, NO NO NO
Gm Bb
NO NO NO NO, NO
Bbm/Db
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
Dm
Mr. Johnson, I got the security deposit
F
It's locked in a box in the bottom of my closet
Gm
It's not reflected in my bank statement
Bb Bbm/Db
But I've been savin to make a down payment
and pay rent
Dm
No, no, I won't let you down
F
Yo, here's your chance ask her out right now.
Gm
I'll see you later we can look at that lease.
Bb A7/C#
Do somethin, make your move, don't freeze-
Hey
D G/D Bm/D A/D
You owe me a bottle of cold champagne
Are you moving?
D/F# G
Just a little credit check and
Bm Asus
I'm on that downtown train
A D
Well, your coffee's on the house
G
Okay
Bm
Usnavi, ask her out
A
No way
N.C
I'll see you later, so..
Ebmaj7 Gb7
Ooh, smooth operator, aw damn there she go!
Gm
Yo, bro, take 5, take a walk outside
Eb
You look exhausted, lost,
don't let life slide!
Bb
The whole hood is struggling,
times are tight,
Cm9 D7sus
And you're stuck to this corner like a streetlight
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm a streetlight
Choking on the heat
The world spins around
While I'm frozen to my seat
The people that I know
All keep rolling down the street
But every day is different
So I'm switchin up the beat
Gm
Cuz my parents came with nothing
They got a little more
F
And sure, we're poor, but yo,
At least we got the store
Eb
And it's all about the legacy
They left with me, it's destiny
D7sus
And one day I'll be on a beach
D7
With Sonny writing checks to me
Gm
In the heights
F Eb
I hang my flag up on display
D
We came to work and to live and
we got a lot in common
Gm F/A
It reminds me that I came from miles away
Gm/Bb Cm
DR, PR, we are not stoppin
Gm/D
In the heights
F/Eb
Every day, paciencia y fe
D/F# E/G#
Until the day we go from poverty to
stock options
F/A
In the heights
G/B
I've got today
F/C G/D F/E
And today's all we got so we cannot stop
G/F
This is our block
G#+ Am
In the heights
G F E7
I hang my flag up on display
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le
Am G F
It reminds that I came from miles away
E+7
My family came from miles away
Am
In the heights
G F E7
It gets more expensive every day
Am G/B
And tonight is so far away-
[Closing]
F/C
But as for manana, mi pana
Dm
Ya gotta keep watchin
Esus
You'll see the late night
E
You'll taste beans and rice
Am/E
The syrups and shaved ice,
E
I ain't gotta say it twice
F/E
So turn up the stage lights
We're takin a flight
E7sus
To a couple days
In the life of what it's like
Am
En Washington Heights!
