18th Avenue Kansas City Nightmare chords by Cat Stevens

18th Avenue (Kansas City nightmare)  by  Cat Stevens

CAPO: 2nd Fret

VERSE 1:
     A        D
Well, I rode awhile for a mile or so,
     Em        A
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A           D
And the people I saw were the people I know,
     Em        A
And they all came down to take a view,
  A         D
The path was dark and borderless,
     Em        A
Down the road to the 18th Avenue,
    A          D
And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
    C        Bb
That I used to use only yesterday,
A        D       C
 Meanings just dropped to the ground,
G A       D       C         Bb
   I tried to remember what I thought and what I used to say,
F          Eb
  Don't let me go down, no, don't let me go!

 Bb F Eb   Eb F G A     Asus A


VERSE 2:
    Bb          Eb
Oh, my hands were tied as I struggled inside
  Db       B
The empty waste of another day,
Bb        Eb     Db
  Memories were blank to my eyes,
Ab Bb         Eb      Db         B
   The fire and the glory of that night seems safely locked away,
Gb        E
  Too hungry to rise, oh, too hungry to...

 B F# E   E  F#

INSTRUMENTAL: (Quick Tempo)
Ab  Bb Ab   Bb (x3)  Ab Bb   Eb Eb Eb Eb
Eb   Bb Eb   Bb     Eb   Bb Eb  F
F   C F   C     F   C   F Bb Ab F
Eb F Ab   Eb F     Eb F Ab   Ab F Eb F
Eb F Ab   Eb F
Ab  Bb Ab   Bb     Ab  Bb Ab   Bb
Ab  Bb        Bb   Eb   Bb   Eb (x2)
E  F# E   F#   E  F# E   F#   E  F# E  E D Ab

(Slow tempo)
Am  Em7  Am  Em7  Am  Em7  Am  Em7 (x3)
Am  Em7  Am  F   G      Am  F
C  Em7  Am  Em


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