Tuning: E A D G B E

Dave Van Ronk - Oh, What a Beautiful City Standard Tuning, Capo at 3 I'm having some trouble with the A in the verse. I think an Amajor sounds best, but an Asus2 sounds alright too. For the "Twelve Gates to the city part" sounds best if you slide up into bar chords using the low E string as your bass line. There are two basic patterns: 1. The Chorus, which bounces back and forth between E (based on the low E string) and A before the slide up 2. The Verse, which bounces from A to Esus (based on the D string) before the slide up. Because you just kind of bounce back and forth, I haven't put a whole lot of effort into placement relative to the lyrics below. I trust you can figure it out. E (E String base) E (D string base) E-0------------------0----------------| B-0------------------3----------------| G-1------------------4----------------| D-2------------------2----------------| A-2------------------x----------------| E-0------------------x----------------| Intro/Chorus: E/A/E/A

^EOooo^Aoooo^Eoh, ^AWhat ^Ea Bea^Autif^Eul Ci^Aty, ^EHmmm^A, wh^Eat a^A beau^Etiful^A cit^Ey gre^Aat god, E A E A E A E (slide up) A B What a beautiful city, well there's 12 Gates to the city, hallelew

E/A/E/A Verse Pattern:

^EGoin on d^Aown to the r^Eiver ^A Pick ^Emy sword up i^An the sand. ^E ^A Sho^Eve my troub^Ales over ^E ^A I don^Ee made it to^A the promised^E land, well there's ^A12 Gates to the c^Bity, hallelew

^EIf you se^Ae my dear ol^Ed mother, ^A Won't^E you tell her^A please from^E me, ^A Mee^Et me in the^A city, ^E ^A Way o^Ever in Galli^Alee, well the^Ere's ^A12 Gates to the c^Bity, hallelew

^EWell ther^Ae's three ga^Etes in the ^Aeast, Well ^Ethere's three^A gates in th^Ee west ^A Thr^Eee gates in^A the north^E, ^A Well ^Ethree gates ^Ain the south,^E well there's ^A12 Gates to the c^Bity, hallelew

Dave van Ronk - Oh what a beautiful city