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Vampire Weekend — Boston Chords

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Song: Boston
Artist: Vampire Weekend
Album: Blue CD—R

To clear things up .. the song is known both as "Boston" and "Ladies Of Cambridge" i 
it's just a matter of preference, now.   These are the chords as seen live.  They're all 
thus:

F:  133211
Am: 577555
Bb: 688766
C:  81010988

chords can be barre or open, doesn't really matter ...

Intro:  F  Am    F  Am   Bb  F   
 F
        F  Am    F  Am   Bb  F   
 F

Verse:
F         Am         F        Am
Just got back on a saturday night
  Bb       F     Am      F
mystical boy feeling alright
  F         Am     F          Am
raggededy wisdom flows from my hands
  Bb             F       Am      F
ladies from cambridge know who i am

Chorus:
 Bb
i've had dreams of Boston
           F
All of my life
 Bb                                      F
time and time between the sound of the night
 Am                                         Bb    F
but if you leave i just dont think i could take it
 Bb   F
take it
 Bb   F
take it
 Bb   F
take it

                                     and Repeat twice


On second repeat (1:30) the chorus is mixed up into a bridge

Chorus:
 Bb
i've had dreams of Boston
           F
All of my life
 Bb                                      F
time and time between the sound of the night

Bridge:
     Am             Am                Bb    C
cuz when u left my room to go to the kitchen
    Bb             C        F
i imagined that you were dead
    Am                 Am                     Bb  C
a morbid streak runs through the whole of my family
         Bb           C         F
but for you i could put it to rest

Outro:
 Am                                         Bb    F
but if you leave i just dont think i could take it
 Bb   F
take it
 Bb   F
take it
 Bb
take


simple song, yeah?