Vampire Weekend – Boston (Guitar)

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Song: Boston Artist: Vampire Weekend Album: Blue CD-R To clear things up .. the song is known both as "Boston" and "Ladies Of Cambridge" i it's just a matter of preference, now. These are the chords as seen live. They're all thus: F: 133211 Am: 577555 Bb: 688766 C: 81010988 chords can be barre or open, doesn't really matter ... Intro: F Am F Am Bb F F F Am F Am Bb F F Verse:
F         Am         F        Am
Just got back on a saturday night

  Bb       F     Am      F
mystical boy feeling alright

  F         Am     F          Am
raggededy wisdom flows from my hands

  Bb             F       Am      F
ladies from cambridge know who i am
Chorus:
 Bb
i've had dreams of Boston

           F
All of my life

 Bb                                      F
time and time between the sound of the night

 Am                                         Bb    F
but if you leave i just dont think i could take it

 Bb   F
take it

 Bb   F
take it

 Bb   F
take it
and Repeat twice On second repeat (1:30) the chorus is mixed up into a bridge Chorus:
 Bb
i've had dreams of Boston

           F
All of my life

 Bb                                      F
time and time between the sound of the night
Bridge:
     Am             Am                Bb    C
cuz when u left my room to go to the kitchen

    Bb             C        F
i imagined that you were dead

    Am                 Am                     Bb  C
a morbid streak runs through the whole of my family

         Bb           C         F
but for you i could put it to rest
Outro:
 Am                                         Bb    F
but if you leave i just dont think i could take it

 Bb   F
take it

 Bb   F
take it

 Bb
take
simple song, yeah?