Rio chords by Michael Nesmith

The last word in laid-back understatement...

Intro
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D

Verse 1
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D                              Bb
I'm hearing the light from the window
    D                       C
I'm seeing the sound of the sea
   D                               B7
My feet have come loose from their moorings
    G                         A
I'm feeling quite wonderfully free

Chorus 1
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      G                      Gm
And I think I will travel to Rio
D         A/C#      B7
Using the music for flight
        G                    Gm
There's nothing I know of in Rio
         A                        D
But it's something to do with the night
     G                Gm
It's only a whimsical notion
   D           A/C#   B7
To fly down to Rio to-night
      G                          Gm
And I probably won't fly down to Rio
A                      D
But then again I just might


Verse 2
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        D                            Bb
There's wings to the thought behind fancy
        D                           C
There's wings to the thought behind play
    D                     B7
And dancing to rhythms of laughter
      G                      A
Makes laughter the rhythm of rain


Chorus 2
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      G                      Gm
So I think I will travel to Rio
D         A/C#        B7
Using the music for flight
         G                   Gm
There's nothing I know of in Rio
          A           A/C#        D
But it's something to do with the night
     G                Gm
It's only a whimsical notion
   D           A/C#   B7
To fly down to Rio to-night
       G                         Gm
And I probably won't fly down to Rio
A                     D
But then again I just might


Inst
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D   C#   D   C
D   B7   G   A
G   Gm   D   A/C#   B7
G   Gm   A   D


Verse 3
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     G                      Gm
So I think I will travel to Rio
  D                         Bb
I feel such a sense of well-being
    D                        C
The problems have come to be solved
    D                             B7
And what I thought was proper for battle
  G                     A
I see now is proper for love


Chorus 3
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     G                      Gm
So I think I will travel to Rio
D         A/C#      B7
Using the music for flight
        G                    Gm
There's nothing I know of in Rio
         A            A/C#        D
But it's something to do with the night
     G                Gm
It's only a whimsical notion
   D           A/C#   B7
To fly down to Rio to-night
      G                          Gm
And I probably won't fly down to Rio
A                     D
But then again I just might


Outro
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D




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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2012