Chicago chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

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


Intro:
| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | E minorEm     | E minorEm     |


Verse 1:
       E minorEm          E minorEm
The seeds are planted here but they won't grow.
     E minorEm            E minorEm
We won't have to say goodbye if we all go.
   E minorEm          E minorEm
Maybe things will be better  in Chicago.

Verse 2:
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To leave all we've ever known for a place we've never seen,
E minorEm                E minorEm
maybe things will be better in Chicago.
      E minorEm             E minorEm
Well, it's brave for us to stay, even braver to go,
       E minorEm     E minorEm (2 beats i.s.o. 4 beats)
wherever she goes I go.
           E minorEm      E minorEm
Maybe things will be better in Chicago.

Verse 3:
    E minorEm      E minorEm
What we need the Lord will give us,
    E minorEm      E minorEm
all we want we carry with us.
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You know where I can be found, where the rainbow hits the ground,
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I'm not alone, I'm not afraid.
      E minorEm         E minorEm
'Cause this bird has flown from his cage,
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there's so much magic we have known on this sapphire we call home.
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With my coat and my hat I say goodbye to all that,
   E minorEm             E minorEm
maybe things will be better in Chicago,
   E minorEm          E minorEm
maybe things will be better  in Chicago.

Interlude:
| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | E minorEm     | E minorEm     |
             Chicago   Chicago.
Outro: (Repeat and Fade Out)
E minorEm
 All aboard, ...