The Dakota chords by Christine Lavin

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


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

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


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




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

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


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