Biscuit City chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Biscuit City


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO:: C majorC

VERSE 1::

I'd like to be in Biscuit City
    FF      F#m7-5
With my banjo in my hand
    C/GC/G      Am7Am7
I don't need no long vacation
    E minor 7Em7      G+G
In some foreign land
      A minorAm       FF
'Cause the sound of my own breathing
     C/EC/E     A minorAm
Has been turning to a sigh
 FF         C majorC
I wish that I could make the time
  G+G       FF      C majorC
To be in Biscuit City by and by

VERSE 2::

Oh, the water is of emerald
    FF         F#m7-5
And the beach is white as snow
  C/GC/G      Am7Am7
And everyone's got money
    E minor 7Em7     G+G
And no place to go
   A minorAm        FF
In a land of milk and honey
    C/EC/E       A minorAm
It can really make you smile
  FF     C majorC
And if I had a ticket
 G+G           FF     C majorC
I would stay in Biscuit City for awhile


VERSE 3::

All the girls are in bikinis
    FF        F#m7-5
All the boys are in the buff
     C/GC/G    Am7Am7
With the baby in between
        E minor 7Em7     G+G
And that makes three of us
    A minorAm         FF
And the streets are all so quiet
    C/EC/E        A minorAm
And the walls are squeaky clean
 FF          C majorC
I think you ain't been nowhere
     G+G        FF       C majorC
'Til the town of Biscuit City you have seen

INSTRUMENTAL:: C majorC  FF F#m7-5 C/GC/G Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 G+G
        A minorAm FF C/EC/E A minorAm FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC


VERSE 4::

I'd rather be in Biscuit City
    FF      F#m7-5
With my banjo in my hand
   C/GC/G     Am7Am7
Than take a big vacation
    E minor 7Em7      G+G
In some foreign land
      A minorAm       FF
'Cause the sound of my own breathing
     C/EC/E     A minorAm
Has been turning to a sigh
   FF        C majorC
If it were not for misfortune
    G+G       FF      C majorC
I would be in Biscuit City by and by
   FF        C majorC
If it were not for misfortune
    G+G        FF      C majorC
I would stay in Biscuit City 'til I die


OUTRO::    (## fade to end ##)