Only a dream in Rio

James Taylor

Tom: A

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More than a distant land, Over a shining sea
More than the steaming green, More than the shining eyes

E/G# / A / F#m / B7 / E/G# / A / F#m
Well they tell me  Its only a dream in Rio
                  B7         E/G#       A                D          E/G#          A
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems, On this very first day down
B7 /  E/G#  / A / F#m / B7 /  E/G#  / A 
They remind me  son have you so soon forgotten
F#m       B7      E/G#       A            D    /  E/G#  / A / G#7 / C#m
Often as not its rotten inside And the mask soon slips away 

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Strange taste of a tropical fruit, Romantic language of the portuguese
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Melody on a wooden flute, Samba floating in the summer breeze

E/G#      A            F#7        B7            F#7             B7
Its allright you can stay asleep, you can close your eyes
       G#7       C#m               D       B7      E         C#7             F#m       A           B7
You can trust the people of paradise, To call your keeper and tender your goodbyes

E/G#       A       F#m       B7      E/G#  / A / F#m / B7 / E/G# / A
Oh what a night wonderful one in a million, Frozen fire brazilian stars
   D     E/G#      A       B7    E/G#     A         F#m           B7         E/G#
Oh holy southern cross, Later on take me way downtown in a tin can
A / F#m /         B7                E/G#             A          D                E/G#     A             G#7
I cant come down from the bandstand, I'm never thown for such a loss when they say
C#m / F#m / A / G#7 / C#m / F#m / A / G#7             D / E/G# / A / G#7
Qdo a nossa  mãe acordar, andaremos ao sol, Qdo ... acordar, cantará pelo sertão
Qdo ... acordar, todos os filhos saberão      G#7 / C#m / D / E/G# / A
                                                                Todos os filhos saberão e regozijarão
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Caught in the rays of rising sun, On the run, from the soldiers gun
Shouting out loud from the angry  crowd, the mild, the wild and the hungry child

E/G#         A            F#m7       B7        E/G# / A / F#m7 
Ill tell you theres more than  dream in Rio
      B7             E/G#         A            D        E/G#       A
I was there on the very day and my heart came back alive
B7          E/G#         A            F#m7       B7   E/G# / A / F#m / B7 / E/G#
There was more, more than the singing voices, More than the up turned faces
       A   D   E/G# / A / B7 / C#m / B7 / C#m / D     E/G#        A / B7 / C#m
And more than the shining eyes, But its more than the shining eye
More than the steaming green, More than the hidden hills
                                A / B7 C#m / D / E/G# / A /B7 / C#m
More than the concret christ, More than a distant land, over a shining sea

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More than the a hungry child, More like another time, Born of a million years, More than a million years