--------------------------------------------------------------------------- City of Dreams – Talking Heads --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Talking Heads City of Dreams (1986) (David Byrne) From: "True Stories" The brackets in the A(6) actually indicate that the 6th is optional. There is a f# in the backing vocals there. If you want to highlight that, the A6 sounds nice. Just leave it out if you think it is too much. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E D x-x-0-2-3-2 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 A x-0-2-2-2-0 G5 3-x-0-0-3-3 A7 x-0-2-2-2-3 or x-0-2-0-2-0 A x-0-2-2-2(2) G/F# 2-x-0-0-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | D | D G | A | % | | D | D G | A | % | VERSE 1

^D Here where you are standing ^G ^A The dinosaurs did a dance ^D The Indians told a story ^G ^A Now it has come to pass

BRIDGE 1

^G5 The Indians had a legend ^D ^A The Spaniards lived for gold ^D ^G5 The white man came and killed them ^D But they .^A.. haven't really ^A7gone

CHORUS D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We live in the city of dreams D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We drive on this highway of fire

^Em Should we awake ^G5 And find it gone A [break] A [break] Remember this our favorite town

INTERLUDE (pedal steel) | D | D G | A | % | | D | D G | A | % | VERSE 2

^D From Germany and Europe ^G ^A And Southern U.S.A. ^D They made this little town here ^G ^A That we live in to this day

BRIDGE 2

^G5 The children of the white man ^D ^A Saw Indians on TV ^D ^G5 And heard about the legend ^D How their .^A.. city was a ^A7dream

CHORUS D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We live in the city of dreams D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We drive on this highway of fire

^Em Should we awake ^G5 And find it gone A [break] A [break] Remember this our favorite town

INTERLUDE (guitar/pedal steel) | D | D G | A | % | | D | D G | A | % | VERSE 3

^D The Civil War is over ^G ^A And World War One and Two ^D If we can live together ^G ^A The dream it might come true

BRIDGE 3

^G5 Underneath the concrete ^D ^A The dream is still alive ^D ^G5 A hundred million lifetimes ^D ^A A world that never ^A7dies

CHORUS D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We live in the city of dreams D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We drive on this highway of fire

^Em Should we awake ^G5 And find it gone ^A Remember this our favorite town

CHORUS D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We live in the city of dreams D A | G5 | G5 G/F#| We drive on this highway of fire

^Em Should we awake ^G5 And find it gone A [break] A [break] D Remember this our favorite town

Talking Heads - City of dreams