Chords for Ben Harper & His Mom - City Of Dreams
Tempo:
141.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Bm
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
Now Ben, would [N]
that be something?
Would that be something?
[G#] It's a little bit, [D] yeah.
[G] Keep up your act.
This is a song you want to introduce?
See how it's you?
[N] You, you, you.
It's a song I wrote.
It's called City of [G] Dreams.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Day breaks over [D] the city of [G] my past.
[C] [G] Day breaks over [D] the city I [G]
called home.
[D]
[C] Where the sage meant [D] the city,
[G] and the groves were sweet [C] and green.
Now the city [D] fillets all of me in [G] my dreams.
The groves where we [D] played when [G] we were children.
The groves where we [D] fooled around [G] as teens.
[D]
Those [C] green [D] groves are clay from [G] L.A. to Santa [C]
Fe.
And the city [G] lives [D] all of me in my [G]
dreams.
[D] [C]
Landmarks lost, [D] parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
Looking [D] back I see what it [G] used to be.
[D] [G] [C] Now freeway [D] crosses, urban
[G] sprawls as far as the eye [C] can see.
And the city [D] lives all of me [G] in my dreams.
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[C] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[D] [G]
My life shades [D] the valley [G] of my memory.
Orchid rose [D] still purview [G] in the sky.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] But I guess those orange [D]
blossoms [G] weren't so [Dm] special [G]
after [C] all.
It's a city [F#] of [D] days [G] gone by.
[Bm]
[C] Landmarks lost, [D]
parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
Looking back [D] I see what it [G] used to be.
[D]
[C] Now freeway crosses, [D] urban [G] sprawls as far as the eye can [C] see.
And the city [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
[D]
[C] And the city [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
[C] [G] [N]
Now Ben, would [N]
that be something?
Would that be something?
[G#] It's a little bit, [D] yeah.
[G] Keep up your act.
This is a song you want to introduce?
See how it's you?
[N] You, you, you.
It's a song I wrote.
It's called City of [G] Dreams.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Day breaks over [D] the city of [G] my past.
[C] [G] Day breaks over [D] the city I [G]
called home.
[D]
[C] Where the sage meant [D] the city,
[G] and the groves were sweet [C] and green.
Now the city [D] fillets all of me in [G] my dreams.
The groves where we [D] played when [G] we were children.
The groves where we [D] fooled around [G] as teens.
[D]
Those [C] green [D] groves are clay from [G] L.A. to Santa [C]
Fe.
And the city [G] lives [D] all of me in my [G]
dreams.
[D] [C]
Landmarks lost, [D] parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
Looking [D] back I see what it [G] used to be.
[D] [G] [C] Now freeway [D] crosses, urban
[G] sprawls as far as the eye [C] can see.
And the city [D] lives all of me [G] in my dreams.
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[C] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[D] [G]
My life shades [D] the valley [G] of my memory.
Orchid rose [D] still purview [G] in the sky.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] But I guess those orange [D]
blossoms [G] weren't so [Dm] special [G]
after [C] all.
It's a city [F#] of [D] days [G] gone by.
[Bm]
[C] Landmarks lost, [D]
parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
Looking back [D] I see what it [G] used to be.
[D]
[C] Now freeway crosses, [D] urban [G] sprawls as far as the eye can [C] see.
And the city [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
[D]
[C] And the city [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
[C] [G] [N]
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_ _ Now Ben, would [N] _ _
_ _ that be something?
Would that be something? _
[G#] It's a little bit, [D] yeah.
_ _ [G] Keep up your act. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song you want to introduce? _ _ _ _
_ See how it's you?
_ [N] You, you, you.
It's a song I wrote.
It's called City of [G] Dreams.
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_ _ _ Day breaks over [D] the city of [G] my past. _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ Day breaks over [D] the city I [G]
called _ home.
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[C] Where the sage meant [D] the city,
_ _ [G] and the groves were sweet [C] and green.
_ _ Now the city _ [D] fillets all of me in [G] my dreams. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The groves where we [D] played when [G] we were children.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ groves where we [D] fooled around [G] as teens.
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Those [C] green [D] groves are clay from [G] L.A. to Santa [C]
Fe.
_ And the city [G] lives [D] all of me in my _ [G]
dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ Landmarks lost, [D] _ parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
_ _ Looking _ [D] back I see what it [G] used to be.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] [C] Now freeway _ [D] crosses, urban _
[G] sprawls as far as the eye [C] can see.
_ _ And the city _ [D] lives all of me [G] in my dreams. _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ My _ _ _ life shades [D] the valley _ [G] of my _ memory. _
_ _ _ _ _ Orchid rose _ _ [D] still purview [G] in the sky.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] But I guess those orange [D]
blossoms _ [G] weren't so [Dm] special [G]
after [C] all.
_ It's a city _ [F#] of [D] _ days [G] gone by.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ Landmarks lost, [D] _
parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
_ _ Looking back [D] I see what it [G] used to _ _ be.
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[C] Now freeway crosses, [D] urban _ [G] sprawls as far as the eye can [C] see.
_ _ And the city _ [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
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[C] And the city _ [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
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_ _ Now Ben, would [N] _ _
_ _ that be something?
Would that be something? _
[G#] It's a little bit, [D] yeah.
_ _ [G] Keep up your act. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song you want to introduce? _ _ _ _
_ See how it's you?
_ [N] You, you, you.
It's a song I wrote.
It's called City of [G] Dreams.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ Day breaks over [D] the city of [G] my past. _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ Day breaks over [D] the city I [G]
called _ home.
_ _ _ [D] _
[C] Where the sage meant [D] the city,
_ _ [G] and the groves were sweet [C] and green.
_ _ Now the city _ [D] fillets all of me in [G] my dreams. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The groves where we [D] played when [G] we were children.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ groves where we [D] fooled around [G] as teens.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Those [C] green [D] groves are clay from [G] L.A. to Santa [C]
Fe.
_ And the city [G] lives [D] all of me in my _ [G]
dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ Landmarks lost, [D] _ parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
_ _ Looking _ [D] back I see what it [G] used to be.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] [C] Now freeway _ [D] crosses, urban _
[G] sprawls as far as the eye [C] can see.
_ _ And the city _ [D] lives all of me [G] in my dreams. _
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[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ My _ _ _ life shades [D] the valley _ [G] of my _ memory. _
_ _ _ _ _ Orchid rose _ _ [D] still purview [G] in the sky.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] But I guess those orange [D]
blossoms _ [G] weren't so [Dm] special [G]
after [C] all.
_ It's a city _ [F#] of [D] _ days [G] gone by.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ Landmarks lost, [D] _
parking [G] lots in the city I [C] called home.
_ _ Looking back [D] I see what it [G] used to _ _ be.
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[C] Now freeway crosses, [D] urban _ [G] sprawls as far as the eye can [C] see.
_ _ And the city _ [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
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[C] And the city _ [D] lives all of me in [G] my dreams.
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