Intro
[A] [E] [D] [E] [E7] [A]
Verse 1
[A]
Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong.
[E]
You're enchained by your own sorrow.
[D] [E] [E7] [A]
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow.
How I hate to see you like this,
[C#m]
there is no way you can deny it,
[E] [D] [E] [E7] [A]
I can see that you're oh, so sad, so quiet.
Verse 2
[A]
Chiquitita, tell me the truth.
[E]
I'm a shoulder you can cry on.
[D] [E] [E7] [A]
Your best friend, I'm the one you must rely on.
You were always sure of yourself.
[C#m]
Now I see you've broken a feather.
[E] [D] [E] [E7] [A]
I hope we can patch it up to..gether.
Chorus
[A] [D]
Chiquitita, you and I know,
How the heartaches come and they go
[A]
and the scars they're leaving.
[E] [D] [E]
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end,
[E7] [A]
You will have no time for grieving.
[D]
Chiquitita, you and I cry,
[A]
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you.
[E] [D] [E]
Let me hear you sing once more, like you did before,
[E7] [A]
Sing a new song, Chiquitita ...
[E] [D] [E]
Try, once more, like you did before,
[E7] [A]
Sing a new song, Chiquitita.
Verse 3
So the walls came tumbling down.
[E]
And your love's a blown out candle.
[D] [E] [E7] [A]
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle.
Chiquitita, tell me the truth.
[C#m]
There is no way you can deny it.
[E] [D] [E] [E7] [A]
I see that you're oh, so sad, so quiet.
Chorus
[A] [D]
Chiquitita, you and I know,
How the heartaches come and they go
[A]
and the scars they're leaving.
[E] [D] [E]
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end,
[E7] [A]
You will have no time for grieving.
[D]
Chiquitita, you and I cry,
[A]
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you.
[E] [D] [E]
Let me hear you sing once more, like you did before,
[E7] [A]
Sing a new song, Chiquitita ...
[E] [D] [E]
Try, once more, like you did before,
[E7] [A]
Sing a new song, Chiquitita.
Outro
[D] [A]
(till fade out)
A seventies #1 hit from Kraziekhat
