Chords for London (with Gregory Page) | Tour Is A Four Letter Word | Jason Mraz

_ [F] In 1999 when I first showed up in San Diego,
_ [A#] _ it was just an idea, _ [A#] not even a promise of a dream,
_ [Cm] just an idea. _
I [Dm] went into a coffee shop [C] called Java Joe's
and I didn't [D] even have a guitar with me.
[G#] And a musician [Gm] lent me his guitar
so I could [G] play a couple of [G#] songs.
And when I walked [Bm] off of the stage,
_ [Cm] _
a gentleman approached me and he said,
hey [Gm] man, you should come back Saturday [C] night
and play a few more songs before my band. _
[F] That man was Mr.
Gregory Page. _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ To hear [F#m] myself saying out _ loud,
[C#] don't [F] dream you're alive.
My impression _ [F#] during that show
was [C#] the same reaction that the [B] audience had.
It was [D#] just the same reaction
that you got [E] tonight here at DO2.
It was just astounding.
They [G#] were just, _ [A] they'd never heard a [D#] voice
come out of a young man [G#] like that before.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
The heartbeat
_ keeps you [Bm] on your _ own.
That memory sticks with me like it was just yesterday.
_ [F#m] _ Eyes that are open,
_ calling an ocean [Am] of _ _ _ [B] memory. Last chorus.
You have to remember [B] this is 10, 12 years ago maybe.
And so, you know, where he was writing at the [C] time
was just incredible for his music, for how young he was.
[C#] Yeah, [E]
okay.
_ [A] Well, you know, [F#] see if it fits in your [A] 45.
Anything [B] too slow?
_ [D] Oh, [A] I got some room for improvement.
[B] You got some room?
_ _ _ Okay.
Thanks, dude.
You got it, [Cm] see you in a little bit.
Get ahold of each other when we can.
And he said he was playing in the O2 Arena in London.
And I asked him just out of the corner of my eye,
I said, who's opening for you?
And he said, [N] I don't know, let me see if _ you are.
_ [G] It's a real pleasure to be home again.
And when I say home again,
I mean that because I was [C] born here in London.
_ [G] And when I was 14 [C] years old,
_ my parents immigrated to America
and I never had the opportunity
to return home until tonight. _ _
One hell of a homecoming, ladies and gentlemen.
_ I just kept thinking someone's gonna [E] pinch me at any minute
and it's not gonna be real.
Like it's gonna be taken out from underneath of me.
Like this is something I'm getting away with.
It felt really incredible.
And I [Em] hear laughter _ [Bm] from a balcony below [G] me
_ above _ [F#] _
a beautiful gray [Bm] sky. _
_ _ [C#] _ _ Motor [F#] scooters _ _ [Bm] chase all the cars that _ [C#m] race
as [F#] lights [C#] turn from [Bm] red to green. _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Em] _ And twilight is the [Bm] time.
Out of fashion _ is a [G] crime.
_ The most [F#] beautiful women [Bm] I've ever seen. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Is [D] it a plane for [F#] me?
_ Far [Bm] across the deep blue [A] _ sea.
[D] Bon voyage, _ [F#] mon chéri. _ _ _ _
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