City of Dreams
David Byrne


Intro: |D  G|A   |D  G|A   |

D                             G A
  Here where you are standing,   dinosaurs did a dance
D                          G A
  The indians told a story,   now it has come to pass
G                          D A                            D
  The Indians had a legend,   the Spaniards lived for gold
G                                D        A
  White men came and killed them, but they haven't really gone

D              A         G
  We live in a city of dreams
D                 A          G      G/F#
  We ride on this beautiful highway
Em               G
  Should we awake to find it gone
A
  Remember this our favorite town


|D  G|A   |D  G|A   |


D                         G A
  From Germany and Europe,   and Southern USA
D                                G       A
  They made this little town here that we live in to this day
G                              D A                 D
  The children of the white man   saw Indians on TV
G                             D         A
  They heard about the legend, how their city was a dream


Refrain

D                       G A
  The civil war is over,   and World War I and II
D                         G A
  If we can live together,   the dream it may come true
G                         D A                        D
  Underneath the concrete,   the dream is still alive
G                             D A
  A hundred million lifetimes,   a hope that never dies


Refrain 2x (end on A; damp for ominous effect)