James Taylor – Only A Dream In Rio (Guitar)

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Words and Music by James Taylor, from his 1985 album, "That's Why I'm Here." [Chords] Csus2 x3x033 D/F# 2x0230 G 3x0003 A x03330
G/B     x2x033
Em7     0x3210 (3fr)
A#dim7 x12020 Bm7 x24232 Em9 0x301x
Gmaj7   3x0002
E/G#    1x012x (3fr)
A/C# x4x2x0 D xx0232 B/D# 1xx121 Asus4 x02230 [Intro]
Csus2         D/F#   G   A  G/B  Csus2
More than a distant land

       D/F#     G   A  G/B  Csus2
over a shining sea

              D/F#      G    A  G/B  Csus2
More than the steaming breeze

              D/F#     G   A
More than the shining eyes
[Verse 1]
             D/F#  G
Well they tell me

     Em7    A         D/F#  G
It's only a dream in Rio

Em7           A      D/F#        G
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems

        Csus2  D/F#     G   A
On this very first day down

        D/F#   G
They remind me,

    Em7      A         D/F#     G
Or have you so soon forgotten?

  Em7    A        D/F#      G
Often as not it's rotten inside

           Csus2   D/F#   G   A#dim7   Bm7
And the mask soon slips away

      Em9          Gmaj7     A#dim7  Bm7
Strange taste of a tropical fruit

           Em9     Gmaj7        A#dim7   Bm7
Romantic language of the Portuguese

    Em9     Gmaj7    A#dim7   Bm7
Melody on a wooden flute

        C              D/F#    G   A#dim7  Bm7
Samba floating in the summer breeze, take it easy
[Interlude] Em9 Gmaj7 A#dim7 Bm7 Em9 Gmaj7 A#dim7 Bm7 Em9 Gmaj7 A#dim7 Bm7 C D/F# G [Bridge]
D/F#     G              E/G#    A
It's all right, you can stay asleep

         E/G#       A
You can close your eyes

         A#dim7    Bm7     Csus2  A/C#
You can trust the people of paradise

   D         B/D#       Em7    Gmaj7    Asus4
To call your keeper and tender your good-byes
[Verse 2]
   D/F#    G
Oh, what a night,

   Em7     A     D/F#        G
wonderful one in a million

Em7    A        D/F#    G
frozen fire Brazilian stars

   Csus2  D/F#      G   A         D/F#  G
Oh, holy Southern Cross, later on

          Em7    A       D/F#      G
Take me way downtown in a tin can. I

     Em7    A           D/F#
Can't come down from the bandstand

   G           Csus2  D/F#        G  A#dim7
And I'm never thrown for such a loss when they say:
[Chorus]
Bm7   Em9    Gmaj7   A#dim7  Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar

Em9 Gmaj7 A#dim7   Bm7
Andaremos ao sol

      Em9   Gmaj7    A#dim7  Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar

      C  D/F#    G  A#dim7  Bm7
Cantará pelos sertão

       Em9  Gmaj7  A#dim7  Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar

  Em9    Gmaj7    A#dim7  Bm7
Todos os filhos saberão

  Em9    Gmaj7    A#dim7  Bm7
Todos os filhos saberão

C   D/F#   G
E regozijarão
[Verse 3]
D/F#          G           E/G#   A
Caught in the rays of the rising sun

E/G#   G            D/F#      A
On the run from the soldier's gun

D/F#        G          E/G#       A
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd

       D/F#   G           E/G#       A
The mild the wild and the hungry child

     D/F#  G          Em7         A        D/F#  G
I'll tell you there's more than a dream in Rio

Em7   A           D/F#   G
I was there on the very day

       Csus2      D/F#   G   A
And my heart came back alive

         D/F#  G  Em7        A        D/F#    G
There was more, more than the singing voices

Em7          A         D/F#  G
More than the upturned faces

  Csus2      D/F#               G  A  Bm7  Csus2  D/F#  G  A  G/B
More than the shining eyes
[Outro]
         Csus2                   G  A G/B Csus2
But it's more than the shining eyes

               D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than the steaming breeze

               D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than the hidden  hills

               D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than the concrete Christ

             D/F#       G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than a distant   land

      D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
Over a shining sea

             D/F#       G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than a hungry   child

            D/F#        G     A  G/B   Csus2
More like another     time

            D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
Born of a million years

             D/F#     G     A  G/B   Csus2
More than a million years
D/F# G A G/B Csus2 D/F# G A G/B Csus2 D/F# G A G/B Csus2