Only a Dream in Rio Chords by James Taylor

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_ _ [E] More than a distant _ _
_ _ [A] land, [D] or [E] a shining _ sea
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] More than [E] a steaming [A] breeze, [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[Bm] more than [E] a shining [B] _ _ _
eyes
Well [E] they tell me it's only [B] a dream [E] in Rio
[A] _ _ [F#m] Nothing [B] could be as [E] sweet [A] as it seems [D] on this [E] very first [A] day [B] down
They [E] remind me, [F#m] a sun I've [B] so soon [E] forgotten
[A] _ [E] Often [B] it's not, it's [E] rotten [A] inside and [D] the mask [E] soon slips [A] away
[C] _ _ [C#m] _ Strange taste [E] of a [C] tropical [C#m] bruise, romantic language of the [C] Portuguese
_ [C#m] _ [E] Melody [A] on a [C] wooden flute, [C#m] _ [D] samba floating in the [E]
[A] summer [F#m] breeze
_ [C#m] Oh, _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] take [C#m] it easy, [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] it's [A] alright, you [F#] can stay [B] asleep
You [F#] can close [B] your eyes, you [G#] can trust [C#m] these people [D] of _
[B] paradise
[E] Call [C#] your keeper [F#m] and [A] tender [B] your _ advice
_ [E] Oh, what a night, wonderful [B] one, [E] any million
[A] _ Frozen _ [B] fire, [E] Brazilian [A] stars, [D] oh [E] holy southern [A] cross _
[B] Later [E] on, [A] take you [E] way [B] downtown [E] and it's in [A] Canai
Can't [B] come down [E] from the [A] bandstand, I've [D] never [E] froze such [A] a loss [C] when they [C#m] sing _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#m] When the [E] morning _ [F#] comes, [C#m] _ _ all [A] the children will [G#] know
[C#m] _ [A] All [E] the children will [C] know, [C#m] _ _ [D] and [E] God will be [A] with them
_ [E] Caught [A] in the rays [F#] of the rising [B] sun, [E] _ [A] on the run [F#] from the [B] soldier's gun
[E] Shouting [A] out loud [F#] from the [B] angry crowd, [E] the mild, [A] the wild [F#] and the hungry [B] child
_ [E] I'll [A] tell you, [F#] there's more than [B] a dream [E] in Rio
[A] _ _ [C#m] I [B] was there [E] on the very [A] day and [D] my heart [E] came back [A] alive
[E] There was more, _ _ more than [B] the singing [E] voices, [A] _ _ [E] more [B] than the [E] upturned faces
_ More than the shining _ eyes, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] but [Bm] it's more [E] than the shining [A] _ _ [B] love
[C#m] _ _
[Bm] More [G#m] than the [E] steaming [A] breeze, _ [B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] more [E] than the hidden [A] hills _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] More [E] than the concrete price, _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] more [E] than a distant [B] _ _ land
[C#m] _ _
[Bm] Over [E] a shining [A] sea, [B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] more than a hungry _ child
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] More [E] like a loving [A] _ [E] touch, _ [A] _ _ born [E] of a million years
_ [C#m] More _
[G] _ [E] than a million [A] years
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[G#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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