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DREAMING OF THE CITY - Kid Dakota
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Tuning: Standard
Intro: C G C Dm
CG
at dusk, the stars feel awkward.
DmF
they're so hesitant to shine.
CG
and late at night when we're all tired and sleeping,
BbF
they light the world that we leave behind.
CG
and lately i've been chasing comets
BbF
in a spaceship on TV.
CG
while you go out at night you get piss drunk and comment
BbF
on how much you mean to me.
DmEmAm
and there's something i wanna tell you,
DmEmAm
but it's so difficult to say.
DmEmCGAm
'cause baby, the words sound like we're talking underwater
FG
when you're so, when you're so far away.
CG
well, if i only had a gutter
DmF
well, i could catch it when it falls.
CG
but my basement's slowly filling up with water.
BbF
it's running down the concrete walls.
CG
and you could say it's been a bad year
BbF
and you'd be saying something true.
CG
well it's almost like, it's almost like a cheap print of a picasso painting,
BbF
one with seven shades of blue.
DmEmAm
and i've been dreaming of the city
DmEmAm
what a wonderful place to be.
DmEmCGAm
i've been dreaming of the city
FG
but the city, the city doesn't dream of me.
BbA
yeah the city, the city's gonna let me be.
DmF
i'm almost out of here.
CBb
no more wasting time watching the weather channel.
DmF
i'm almost out of here.
CBb
no more reading the road maps. see, i'm ready to travel.
DmGm
i'm almost out of here.
FA
i've been on my best behavior.
DmGm
i'm putting puzzles together with my grandmas.
FA
i'm almost out of here.
FAmGm
i'm almost out of south dakota, south dakota.
Bb
almost.
FCBb
well i miss the city lights.
FCBb
well i miss the city lights.
FCBb
well i miss the silly fights that we used to have.
FCBb
well i miss the city lights.