City Of Lights chords by Van Dyke Parks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
B7B7 B6B6 BB B(add4) BB Bsus2Bsus2  BB
B  B7/A B6/G#  B/F#

E MajorE  Bm7Bm7  E MajorE  Bm7Bm7

Verse 1:
E MajorE       Bsus2Bsus2
Life is like a journey
   E MajorE         Bsus2Bsus2
On a road that's within
E MajorE          Bsus2Bsus2
Head says you should stay
     E MajorE        Bsus2Bsus2
But your heart says to begin
    G#G#
So you go
       F# minorF#m     BB
But you don't want to go

E MajorE       Bsus2Bsus2
Any life worth living
   E MajorE           Bsus2Bsus2
Isn't life just filled with ease
E MajorE        Bsus2Bsus2
You just stay forgiving
      E MajorE       Bsus2Bsus2
Through the forest and the trees
      G#G#
And you'll go
        F# minorF#m      D MajorD
Just where you want to go

Chorus 1:
G+G     D MajorD     G+G
Time flies by in the city of light
G+G      D MajorD      G+G
Time stands still in the country
G+G     D MajorD     G+G
There's no time for a fuss and a fight
G+G   D MajorD     B/D#B/D#  E7E7
As we travel the land

A minorAm       D MajorD
And I'd be satisfied
    B7/D#  E minorEm
Just to be not denied
   C majorC
To reside with some pride
    Am7Am7
While I ride, to the City
      C/DC/D
The City of Light!

BB

Verse 2:
E MajorE       Bsus2Bsus2
Light shines like a diamond
    E MajorE      Bsus2Bsus2
In the City at night
E MajorE         Bsus2Bsus2
When that diamond shines
       E MajorE        Bsus2Bsus2
You know that everything's alright
    G#G#
But you know
     F# minorF#m    BB
We got a way to go

E MajorE        Bsus2Bsus2
Let us meet the master
     E MajorE       Bsus2Bsus2
We don't wanna make him wait
E MajorE        Bsus2Bsus2
You just keep a-knockin'
    E MajorE      Bsus2Bsus2
He will open up the gate
        G#G#    F# minorF#m  D MajorD
To the City of Light

Bridge:
G+G      G7G7     C/GC/G    GdimGdim G+G
Master is a man with a plan I can understand
G+G      C/GC/G  GdimGdim  G+G
Master is a man of great reflection

G+G      G7G7        C/GC/G  GdimGdim   G+G
Master is a man who lays his hand across the land
G+G       C majorC      G+G
Master is the man of our affection

Chorus 2:
G+G     D MajorD     G+G
Time flies by in the city of light
G+G      D MajorD      G+G
Time stands still in the country
G+G     D MajorD     G+G
There's no time for a fuss and a fight
G+G   D MajorD     B/D#B/D#  E7E7
As we travel the land

A minorAm       D MajorD
And I'd be satisfied
    B7/D#  E minorEm
Just to be not denied
   C majorC
To reside with some pride
    Am7Am7
While I ride, to the City
      G+G
The City of Light!