18th Avenue Kansas City Nightmare chords by Cat Stevens

Chords with lyrics

18th Avenue (Kansas City nightmare)  by  Cat Stevens

CAPO: 2nd Fret

VERSE 1:
     A augmentedA        D MajorD
Well, I rode awhile for a mile or so,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A augmentedA           D MajorD
And the people I saw were the people I know,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
And they all came down to take a view,
  A augmentedA         D MajorD
The path was dark and borderless,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A augmentedA          D MajorD
And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
    C majorC        Bb majorBb
That I used to use only yesterday,
A augmentedA        D MajorD       C majorC
 Meanings just dropped to the ground,
G+G A augmentedA       D MajorD       C majorC         Bb majorBb
   I tried to remember what I thought and what I used to say,
FF          Eb MajorEb
  Don?t let me go down, no, don?t let me go!

 Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb FF G+G A augmentedA     AsusAsus A augmentedA

VERSE 2:
    Bb majorBb          Eb MajorEb
Oh, my hands were tied as I struggled inside
  DbDb       BB
The empty waste of another day,
Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb     DbDb
  Memories were blank to my eyes,
AbAb Bb majorBb         Eb MajorEb      DbDb         BB
   The fire and the glory of that night seems safely locked away,
GbGb        E MajorE
  Too hungry to rise, oh, too hungry to...

 BB F#F# E MajorE   E MajorE  F#F#

INSTRUMENTAL: (Quick Tempo)
AbAb  Bb majorBb AbAb   Bb majorBb (x3)  AbAb Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb Eb Eb MajorEb Eb
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb  FF
F   C majorC FF   C majorC     FF   C majorC   FF Bb majorBb AbAb FF
Eb MajorEb FF AbAb   Eb MajorEb FF     Eb MajorEb FF AbAb   AbAb FF Eb MajorEb FF
Eb MajorEb FF AbAb   Eb MajorEb FF
AbAb  Bb majorBb AbAb   Bb majorBb     AbAb  Bb majorBb AbAb   Bb majorBb
AbAb  Bb majorBb        Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb (x2)
E MajorE  F#F# E MajorE   F#F#   E MajorE  F#F# E MajorE   F#F#   E MajorE  F#F# E MajorE  E MajorE D MajorD AbAb

(Slow tempo)
A minorAm  E minor 7Em7  A minorAm  E minor 7Em7  A minorAm  E minor 7Em7  A minorAm  E minor 7Em7 (x3)
A minorAm  E minor 7Em7  A minorAm  FF   G+G      A minorAm  FF
C majorC  E minor 7Em7  A minorAm  E minorEm

VERSE 3:
    A augmentedA         D MajorD
Well, I rode awhile for a mile or so,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A augmentedA           D MajorD
And the people I saw were the people I know,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
And they all came down to take a view,
  A augmentedA         D MajorD
The path was dark and borderless,
     E minorEm        A augmentedA
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A augmentedA           D MajorD
But my head felt better as I turned the car,
    C majorC       Bb majorBb
And the airport slowly came in view,
A augmentedA    D MajorD       C majorC     G+G
  ?One mile? said the sign! Woh-oh!
A augmentedA        D MajorD        C majorC          Bb majorBb
  I checked my bags and made it straight to end Gate 22,
FF          Eb MajorEb
  "Made it just in time...
             Bb majorBb  FF Eb MajorEb     FF G+G A augmentedA
Boy, you made it just in time!"