Van Dyke Parks — City Of Lights Chords
City Of Lights
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From the movie, Brave Little Toaster
D#m E F#m A
G# A G# F#
B — C# — E — F# —
Life is like a journey on a road that's within
B — C# — E — F# —
Head says you should stay, but your heart says to begin
G#
So you go
F# — B
But you don't wanna go
B — C# — E — F# —
Any life worth living isn't life just filled with ease
B — C# — E — F# —
You just stay forgiving through the forest and the trees
G#
And you'll go
F# — B
Just where you wanna go
G — A — B — — C
Time flies by in the city of light
G — A — B — — G
Time stands still in the country
G — A — B — — C
There's no time for a fuss and a fight
G — A — B
As we travel the land
E — D — D# — E —
And I'd be satisfied just to be not denied
G
To reside with some pride
C
While I ride
G
To the city, the city of light!
E — F# — A — B
B — C# — E — F# —
Light shines like a diamond in the city at night
B — C# — E — F# —
When that diamond shines you know that everything's all right
G#
But you know
F# — B
We got a way to go
B — C# — E — F# —
Let us meet the master, we don't wanna make him wait
B — C# — E — F# —
You just keep a—knockin' He will open up the gate
G#
To that city of light
F# — B——A——G#——F#
G A — B —
Master is a man with a plan I can understand
G — A — B — G —
Master is a man of great reflection
G A — B —
Master is a man who lays his hand across the land
G — A — B
Master is the man of our affection
G — A — B — — C
Time flies by in the city of light
G — A — B — — G
Time stands still in the country
G — A — B — — C
There's no time for a fuss and a fight
G — A — B
As we travel the land
E — D — D# — E —
And I'd be satisfied just to be not denied
G
To reside with some pride
C
While I ride
G
To the city, the city of light!