title: America (West Side Story)key: Musicalharp type: Chromaticgenre: Cskill: AnyAMERICAW: Stephen SondheimM: Leonard BernsteinFrom: �West Side Story�Key: C6/8 timePuerto Rico You lovely islandIsland of tropical breezesAlways the pineapples growingAlways the coffee blossoms blowingPuerto Rico you ugly islandIsland of tropic diseasesAlways the huricanes blowingAlways the population growingAnd the money owingAnd the babies cryingAnd the bullets flyingI like the island ManhattenSmoke on your pipe and put that in3 3 3 4 4 4 -3 -2 1I like to be in A-mer-i-ca3 3 3 4 4 4 -5 -4 3O-k by me in A-mer-i-ca-3* -3* -3* -5* -5*-5* -5-3*-2Ev-�ry-thing free in A-mer-i-ca-1*-1* -1* 3* 3* 3* 3 6 1For a small fee in A-mer-i-ca2 -3 3 2 -3 3 2 2 1I like the cit-y of San Juan2 -3 3 4 -3 3 -4 -4-3I know a boat you can get on-3 -5 5 -3 -5 5 -3 -3 2Hun-dreds of flow-ers in full bloom-3 -5 5 -6 -5 5 -4 -4 3Hun-dreds of peo-ple in each room3 3 3 4 4 4 -3 -2 1Au-to-mo-bile in A-mer-i-ca3 3 3 4 4 4 -5 -4 3Chro-mi-um steel in A-mer-i-ca-3*-3* -3* -5* -5*-5* -5-3*-2Wi-re spoke wheel in A-mer-i-ca-1*-1* -1 3* 3* 3* 3 6 1Ver-y big deal in A-mer-i-ca2 -3 3 2 -3 3 2 2 1I’ll drive a bu-ick through San Juan2 -3 3 4 -3 3 -4 -4-3If there’s a road you can drive on-3 -5 5 -3 -5 5 -3 -3-2I’ll give my cous-ins a free ride-3 -5 5 -6 -5 5 -4 -4 3How you fit all of them in-sideIm-mi-grant goes to A-mer-i-caMan-y hel-los in A-mer-i-caNo-bod-y knows in A-mer-i-caPuer-to Ri-co’s in A-mer-i-caI’ll bring a t.-v. to San JuanIf there’s a chan-nel to turn onI’ll bring a new wash-ing ma-chineWhat have they got there to keep cleanI like the shores of A-mer-i-caCom-fort is your in A-mer-i-caKnobs on the doors in A-mer-i-caWall to wall floors in A-mer-i-caWhen I will go back to San JuanWhen you will shut up and get goneEv-�ry-one there will be give big cheerEv-�ry-one there will have moved here(clap clap clap clap)a-yi-yi-yi(x3)