Jackson Browne – A Song For Barcelona (Guitar)

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I think I must have lost my way a long, long time ago

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Somewhere in the distance between love and business, I don't know

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I didn't have that far to go to find my pleasure though

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Lovers like islands in an archipelago

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Set in a sea of time, love is a place you find

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Where when two people rhyme they begin to grow

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Learning the other ninety-nine words for snow

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 This is a song for Barcelona

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 City of gravity and light

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 City that gave me back my fire

Em      C            G
 And restored my appetite

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I hear the sounds of youth up all night in the plaza

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Under the sleepless eyes of the grandmothers on the terrassa

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In the streets of Gràcia and on the Ramblas

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I see the searching eyes and youthful bodies pass

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And my own vanished youth becomes my central truth

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Though I no longer care, the truth is everywhere

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That soon the world I love will no longer be anywhere

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 This is a song for Barcelona

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 City of Gaudí and Jujol

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 City that ignited my desire

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 And temporarily my soul

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They come from Ireland, they come from Africa

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They come from the US, they come from Canada

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They come from Norway, they come from China

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They come from Uruguay, and from Bulgaria

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They come for pleasure, they come for freedom

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For the chance encounter or the revelation

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They come for business or for adventure

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And fall in love with the information

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About the world and about each other

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They dream, and when they wake up

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They're not in Spain anymore

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 This is a song for Barcelona

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 For architecture and futbol

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 And for the streets that gave me refuge

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 In my escape from rock and roll

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 Una cançó per Barcelona

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 Per respecte i futur

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 Per justícia i la terra

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 Ara som sis milions i un

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Via Laietana, Gran Via

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Urquinaona, Tarragona, El Paral·lel

C            G
Torrent de l'Olla

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Carrer de l'Or  o Encarnació

Em        C  C  G
Plaça del Sol

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Plaça del Tripi, Passeig del Born

Em            C    C             G
Sant Pere Més Alt, Sant Pere Més Baix

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Carrer Robadors, Carrer Escudellers

Em         C   C       G
Carrer del Mar, Carrer Verdi

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Pintor Fortuny, Mercat dels Encants

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Portal de l'Ángel