The Dakota chords by Christine Lavin

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse :
    G+G           C majorC         E minorEm     C majorC
It was Monday morning, I was coming in from a long trip on the road
   G+G          C majorC           A minorAm         D MajorD
I flagged a cab by the east side terminal, I said, "Please take me home"
   G+G          C majorC       E minorEm       C majorC
We drove up along 3 rd Avenue, crossed thru Central Park
     G+G          C majorC           A minorAm         D MajorD
When we came out at seventy-second street, I felt a cold chill in my heart


♫ Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G      C majorC       G+G
Everytime I See the Dakota, I think about that night
 A minorAm         B minorBm      C majorC   A minorAm    D MajorD
Shots ringing out, angry shoots, a man losing his life
       C majorC          G+G          C majorC           G+G
Well its something we shouldn't dwell upon, but its something we shouldn't ignore
      A minorAm          B minorBm     C majorC     A minorAm     G+G
Too many good men have been cut down, lets pray there won't be anymore

♫ Verse :
 G+G           C majorC       E minorEm      C majorC
Rush hour traffic was bottled up, we slowly inched by
    G+G           C majorC              A minorAm      D MajorD
I didn't want to look but I couldn't help staring at the scene of the crime
      G+G                C majorC        E minorEm     C majorC
There was an old man sweeping last night's dirt out of the darkened vestibule
     G+G               C majorC         A minorAm       D MajorD
And a uniformed guard in a gold-trimmed cap, watching the world pass in review


♫ Chorus:
     C majorC         G+G      C majorC       G+G
But every time I see the Dakota, I think about that night
     A minorAm        B minorBm   C majorC   A minorAm    D MajorD
Shots ringing out, angry shoots, a man losing his life
      C majorC           G+G          C majorC           G+G
Well its something we shouldn't dwell upon, but its something we shouldn't ignore
       A minorAm         B minorBm     C majorC     A minorAm    G+G
Too many good men have been cut down, let's pray there won't be anymore



♫ Verse :
     G+G       C majorC     E minorEm      A minorAm     C majorC
I don't believe in coincidence, so why just then on the radio
     G+G      C majorC    A minorAm           D MajorD
Did an old familiar voice, echo back from not so long ago
  G+G        B minorBm    A minorAm      C majorC
"Imagine all the people, living life in peace"
      G+G      C majorC     A minorAm           D MajorD    G+G
Well it's hard to do when you're on this blood stainned street

   G+G       C majorC      E minorEm        C majorC
I wish I had the answer to the simple question, "Why "
   G+G          C majorC       A minorAm         D MajorD
I wish this taxi would go faster, oh I wish the driver would try
   G+G          C majorC       E minorEm      C majorC
To leave this street and leave this old building far behind
    G+G              C majorC        A minorAm        D MajorD
I wish I could take these bitter thoughts and just shake them from my mind


♫ Chorus:
   C majorC          G+G     C majorC        G+G
But every time I see the Dakota, I think about that night
   A minorAm         B minorBm    C majorC    A minorAm   D MajorD
Shots ringing out, angry shoots, a man losing his life
      C majorC           G+G           C majorC           G+G
Well its something we shouldn't dwell upon, but its something we shouldn't ignore
    A minorAm            B minorBm      C majorC     A minorAm     G+G
Too many good men have been cut down, let's pray there won't be anymore