Chords for City of Chicago by Christy Moore
Tempo:
99.6 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
Am
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [A] [Am]
[E]
[G] In [D] the city of [Em] Chicago,
[G] as [D] the evening [E] shadows fall,
[D] [C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am] 1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[Am] Deadly pains of [C] hunger threw [A] over a million [E] from the land.
[Em] Their journey [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't greed,
A [Am] voyage of survival [D] across the [C] stormy sea.
[G] [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago,
[G] [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
[C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am] Some of them knew [C] fortune, [D] and some of [Em] them knew fame,
[Am] More of them knew hardship, [D] died [Em] upon the plain.
They [Am] spread [C] throughout the nation, [D] they rode the [Em] railroad cars,
[Am]
Brought their [Em] songs and music [D] to ease their [C] lonely hearts.
[G] [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago,
[G] [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
[C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em]
[E]
[G] In [D] the city of [Em] Chicago,
[G] as [D] the evening [E] shadows fall,
[D] [C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am] 1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[Am] Deadly pains of [C] hunger threw [A] over a million [E] from the land.
[Em] Their journey [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't greed,
A [Am] voyage of survival [D] across the [C] stormy sea.
[G] [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago,
[G] [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
[C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am] Some of them knew [C] fortune, [D] and some of [Em] them knew fame,
[Am] More of them knew hardship, [D] died [Em] upon the plain.
They [Am] spread [C] throughout the nation, [D] they rode the [Em] railroad cars,
[Am]
Brought their [Em] songs and music [D] to ease their [C] lonely hearts.
[G] [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago,
[G] [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
[C] [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal.
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em]
Key:
Em
D
Am
C
G
Em
D
Am
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] In [D] the city of [Em] Chicago, _
_ [G] as [D] the evening [E] shadows fall, _
[D] _ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] 1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[Am] Deadly pains of [C] hunger threw [A] over a million [E] from the land.
[Em] _ Their journey [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't greed,
A [Am] voyage of survival [D] across the [C] stormy sea. _
_ [G] _ [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago, _
_ [G] _ [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
_ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] Some of them knew [C] fortune, [D] and some of [Em] them knew fame,
[Am] More of them knew hardship, [D] died [Em] upon the plain.
_ They [Am] spread [C] throughout the nation, [D] they rode the [Em] railroad cars,
[Am]
Brought their [Em] songs and music [D] to ease their [C] lonely hearts.
_ [G] _ [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago, _
_ [G] _ [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
_ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] In [D] the city of [Em] Chicago, _
_ [G] as [D] the evening [E] shadows fall, _
[D] _ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] 1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[Am] Deadly pains of [C] hunger threw [A] over a million [E] from the land.
[Em] _ Their journey [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't greed,
A [Am] voyage of survival [D] across the [C] stormy sea. _
_ [G] _ [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago, _
_ [G] _ [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
_ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] Some of them knew [C] fortune, [D] and some of [Em] them knew fame,
[Am] More of them knew hardship, [D] died [Em] upon the plain.
_ They [Am] spread [C] throughout the nation, [D] they rode the [Em] railroad cars,
[Am]
Brought their [Em] songs and music [D] to ease their [C] lonely hearts.
_ [G] _ [D] To the city [Em] of Chicago, _
_ [G] _ [D] as the evening [A] shadows fall,
_ [C] _ [D] There are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] of [D] the hails of [Am] Donegal. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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