Chords for Van Dyke Parks -- Home in Pasadena
Tempo:
91.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
G
F
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is about Pasadena, the town I first [Gb] visited in [F] 1955 when I came out.
I got off on the railroad station in Pasadena, [G] that was the thing to do.
Nobody came all the [D] way into Los Angeles, according to Doris Sherry, who was the head.
[C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
Oh, you railway station, [G] [C]
oh you boy, [Ab] [C]
[Em] is my [C] reservation.
[F]
[G] [Bm] Oh, my [G] destination, [Eb]
far [D] beyond the western [G] plain to [Em] [Eb] see.
[C] My home in [Em] Pasadena, [C] [F] my home where [Em] grass is greener, [F] where [G]
honeybees [C] and [Em] [Ebm] orange [Em] trees bear the breeze.
[G] [C] I long to be [Em] a home sweet [Gm] home [F] of my man.
[E] [F]
[C] [Em] [D] [G]
[C] [Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [Em] Oh, you [C] railway station,
[Eb] [Gm] oh you [Eb] railway [G] station, [Eb] [Gm] oh you [Eb] boy, [D]
is my reservation.
Oh, my destination,
[G] [D] far [G] beyond
[Ab] [C]
the western plain to see.
My home in [Em] Pasadena, [Gm]
[F] [Em] [A]
[Dm] [Fm] [C] [Em]
[Gb] my home where grass is greener, where honeybees and orange trees [Em] bear the breeze.
[C] [Em] I long to be a home sweet home of [F] my man.
[E] [F] [Ab] [C] [Em]
[E] [G] [C]
[A] [C]
I got off on the railroad station in Pasadena, [G] that was the thing to do.
Nobody came all the [D] way into Los Angeles, according to Doris Sherry, who was the head.
[C]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
Oh, you railway station, [G] [C]
oh you boy, [Ab] [C]
[Em] is my [C] reservation.
[F]
[G] [Bm] Oh, my [G] destination, [Eb]
far [D] beyond the western [G] plain to [Em] [Eb] see.
[C] My home in [Em] Pasadena, [C] [F] my home where [Em] grass is greener, [F] where [G]
honeybees [C] and [Em] [Ebm] orange [Em] trees bear the breeze.
[G] [C] I long to be [Em] a home sweet [Gm] home [F] of my man.
[E] [F]
[C] [Em] [D] [G]
[C] [Em] [C] [Em]
[C] [Em] Oh, you [C] railway station,
[Eb] [Gm] oh you [Eb] railway [G] station, [Eb] [Gm] oh you [Eb] boy, [D]
is my reservation.
Oh, my destination,
[G] [D] far [G] beyond
[Ab] [C]
the western plain to see.
My home in [Em] Pasadena, [Gm]
[F] [Em] [A]
[Dm] [Fm] [C] [Em]
[Gb] my home where grass is greener, where honeybees and orange trees [Em] bear the breeze.
[C] [Em] I long to be a home sweet home of [F] my man.
[E] [F] [Ab] [C] [Em]
[E] [G] [C]
[A] [C]
Key:
C
Em
G
F
Eb
C
Em
G
This is about Pasadena, the town I first [Gb] visited in [F] 1955 when I came out.
I got off on the railroad station in Pasadena, [G] that was the thing to do.
Nobody came all the [D] way into Los Angeles, according to Doris Sherry, who was the head.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
Oh, you railway station, [G] _ _ [C] _
oh you boy, _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] is my [C] reservation.
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] [Bm] Oh, my [G] destination, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ far [D] beyond the western [G] plain to [Em] [Eb] see.
_ [C] My home in [Em] Pasadena, [C] _ _ [F] my home where [Em] grass is greener, _ _ [F] where [G]
honeybees [C] and _ [Em] _ _ [Ebm] orange [Em] trees bear the breeze.
[G] _ [C] I long to be [Em] a home sweet [Gm] home _ [F] of my man.
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Oh, you [C] railway station, _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Gm] oh you [Eb] railway [G] station, _ [Eb] _ [Gm] oh you [Eb] boy, _ [D] _
_ _ is my reservation.
Oh, my destination, _
_ [G] _ [D] far [G] beyond _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
the western plain to see.
My home in [Em] Pasadena, [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gb] my home where grass is greener, where honeybees and orange trees [Em] bear the breeze. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] I long to be a home sweet home of _ [F] my man.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
I got off on the railroad station in Pasadena, [G] that was the thing to do.
Nobody came all the [D] way into Los Angeles, according to Doris Sherry, who was the head.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
Oh, you railway station, [G] _ _ [C] _
oh you boy, _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] is my [C] reservation.
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] [Bm] Oh, my [G] destination, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ far [D] beyond the western [G] plain to [Em] [Eb] see.
_ [C] My home in [Em] Pasadena, [C] _ _ [F] my home where [Em] grass is greener, _ _ [F] where [G]
honeybees [C] and _ [Em] _ _ [Ebm] orange [Em] trees bear the breeze.
[G] _ [C] I long to be [Em] a home sweet [Gm] home _ [F] of my man.
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Oh, you [C] railway station, _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Gm] oh you [Eb] railway [G] station, _ [Eb] _ [Gm] oh you [Eb] boy, _ [D] _
_ _ is my reservation.
Oh, my destination, _
_ [G] _ [D] far [G] beyond _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
the western plain to see.
My home in [Em] Pasadena, [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gb] my home where grass is greener, where honeybees and orange trees [Em] bear the breeze. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] I long to be a home sweet home of _ [F] my man.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _