Biography:
Tom Pacheco (born November 4, 1946 New Bedford, Massachusetts.) is an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Tom’s father, was a guitarist who played with Django Reinhardt as well as solo in the clubs of Europe before returning to the U.S. to raise a family and open a music store, where he also taught guitar.
At age 19, Tom released his first solo album: Turn Away From The Storm, a collection of all-original folk songs.
He left Massachusetts to study at Hofstra University in New York City
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
C
He's a catholic priest in Rio
G7
in the shanty town heat
G7
Taking care of young children
C
thrown out like stray cats on the street
F
Where the shopkeepers pay the police to kill kids by the score
G7 C
Just one more criminal who won't bother the rich anymore
[Verse 2]
C
And he walks through the slums
G7
and the garbage dumbs each day at five
G7
Hoping the twins he fed last night
C
might still be alive
F
Last week a child shot, two pieces was left at his door
G7 C
Just one more criminal who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
[Verse 3]
C
There's a 10 year old prostitute
G7
kissing a smiling old man
G7
who could be her grandfather
C
except he owns banks in Japan
C F
Her brother was murdered for stealing some fruit from a store
G7
Just one more criminal
C
who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
[Verse 4]
C
The catholic priest sees
G7
a gang of small boys selling drugs,
G7
working as runners for
C
big time Colombian thugs
C
If they get too smart
F
they wash up like dead fish on the shore
G7
Just one more criminal
C
who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
* REPEAT AND FADE OUT*
C
He's a catholic priest in Rio
G7
in the shanty town heat
G7
Taking care of young children
C
thrown out like stray cats on the street
F
Where the shopkeepers pay the police to kill kids by the score
G7 C
Just one more criminal who won't bother the rich anymore
[Verse 2]
C
And he walks through the slums
G7
and the garbage dumbs each day at five
G7
Hoping the twins he fed last night
C
might still be alive
F
Last week a child shot, two pieces was left at his door
G7 C
Just one more criminal who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
[Verse 3]
C
There's a 10 year old prostitute
G7
kissing a smiling old man
G7
who could be her grandfather
C
except he owns banks in Japan
C F
Her brother was murdered for stealing some fruit from a store
G7
Just one more criminal
C
who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
[Verse 4]
C
The catholic priest sees
G7
a gang of small boys selling drugs,
G7
working as runners for
C
big time Colombian thugs
C
If they get too smart
F
they wash up like dead fish on the shore
G7
Just one more criminal
C
who won't bother the rich anymore
[Chorus]
F C
On the beaches of Rio where the hotels lights shine
Am G
you can hear bossanova and drink Portuguese wine
F Am
On the beaches of Rio money perfumes the air
C G7 C
poverty is a nuisance, you pretend it's not there
* REPEAT AND FADE OUT*
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