Chords for Donald Fagen - Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Eb
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C]
[G]
[F] [Eb]
[C]
[F] [Fm]
[C] Bright lights, [E] big [Cm] city, [F]
[Cm] went to my [C] baby's head.
Bright [F] lights, [Bb] big city,
[C]
[Eb] went to [C] my baby's head.
[G] I tried to tell the woman, but [Eb] she don't believe [F] a word [Ebm] I [C] say.
Oh, oh, oh, [F] oh.
[Ab] [C]
[G]
[F]
[C]
[Ab]
[G] Bright [F] lights, big [Bb] city,
[Abm] [C]
[Eb] went to my [G] [F] baby's [C] head.
[F]
[Em] [D] I tried to tell the [G] woman, but she [F] don't believe a word I say.
[C]
[F] [C]
It's 6 a.m. on the island of Manhattan.
[Ab]
[C] In the dawn's early [Bb] light, you can imagine the [C] first ship from the old world [Bb] sailing
slowly up the biggest river they had ever seen.
[E]
That was [D] almost how you felt the first time you saw the city [C] from the window of a greyhound,
[B] like you were looking at a new [F] world waiting to be discovered.
And that's how it looks to you now.
[C] But you have to go slowly.
You'll have to learn everything all over again.
[G]
[F] [Eb]
[C]
[F] [Fm]
[C] Bright lights, [E] big [Cm] city, [F]
[Cm] went to my [C] baby's head.
Bright [F] lights, [Bb] big city,
[C]
[Eb] went to [C] my baby's head.
[G] I tried to tell the woman, but [Eb] she don't believe [F] a word [Ebm] I [C] say.
Oh, oh, oh, [F] oh.
[Ab] [C]
[G]
[F]
[C]
[Ab]
[G] Bright [F] lights, big [Bb] city,
[Abm] [C]
[Eb] went to my [G] [F] baby's [C] head.
[F]
[Em] [D] I tried to tell the [G] woman, but she [F] don't believe a word I say.
[C]
[F] [C]
It's 6 a.m. on the island of Manhattan.
[Ab]
[C] In the dawn's early [Bb] light, you can imagine the [C] first ship from the old world [Bb] sailing
slowly up the biggest river they had ever seen.
[E]
That was [D] almost how you felt the first time you saw the city [C] from the window of a greyhound,
[B] like you were looking at a new [F] world waiting to be discovered.
And that's how it looks to you now.
[C] But you have to go slowly.
You'll have to learn everything all over again.
Key:
C
F
G
Eb
Bb
C
F
G
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] Bright _ _ _ _ lights, [E] _ _ _ big [Cm] city, [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ went to my [C] _ _ baby's _ head. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bright [F] lights, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] big city, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] went to [C] my _ _ baby's head. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I tried to tell the woman, _ _ but [Eb] she don't believe [F] a word [Ebm] I [C] say.
_ _ Oh, oh, _ oh, _ [F] _ _ _ oh. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ Bright _ [F] _ lights, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
big [Bb] city, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] went to my [G] _ _ [F] baby's [C] head.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] I tried to tell the [G] woman, _ _ but she _ [F] don't _ believe a word I say.
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ It's 6 a.m. on the island of Manhattan.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] In the dawn's early [Bb] light, you can imagine the [C] first ship from the old world [Bb] sailing
slowly up the biggest river they had ever seen.
_ [E] _ _
That was [D] almost how you felt the first time you saw the city [C] from the window of a greyhound,
[B] like you were looking at a new [F] world waiting to be discovered.
_ And that's how it looks to you now.
[C] But you have to go slowly.
You'll have to learn everything all over again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] Bright _ _ _ _ lights, [E] _ _ _ big [Cm] city, [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ went to my [C] _ _ baby's _ head. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bright [F] lights, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] big city, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] went to [C] my _ _ baby's head. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I tried to tell the woman, _ _ but [Eb] she don't believe [F] a word [Ebm] I [C] say.
_ _ Oh, oh, _ oh, _ [F] _ _ _ oh. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [G] _ Bright _ [F] _ lights, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
big [Bb] city, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] went to my [G] _ _ [F] baby's [C] head.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] I tried to tell the [G] woman, _ _ but she _ [F] don't _ believe a word I say.
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ It's 6 a.m. on the island of Manhattan.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] In the dawn's early [Bb] light, you can imagine the [C] first ship from the old world [Bb] sailing
slowly up the biggest river they had ever seen.
_ [E] _ _
That was [D] almost how you felt the first time you saw the city [C] from the window of a greyhound,
[B] like you were looking at a new [F] world waiting to be discovered.
_ And that's how it looks to you now.
[C] But you have to go slowly.
You'll have to learn everything all over again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _