Hello City

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From: Stephen Denommee 

 
Subject: Hello City - Barenaked Ladies
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 0:04:38 EDT

Hello City by the Barenaked Ladies
>From the album: Gordon (1992 Sire/Warner Bros.)
1st song on the album but not a lot of American airplay (if any)
Jazzy kind of tune.

I had, and am still having troubles figuring out the chords for the part
beginning "Maybe I caught you at a bad time . . ."
I think you could flip back and forth between D and A and the final chord ("on
Barrington Street") would be a G.  Open to suggestions.

stepdeno@village.ca


HELLO CITY - Barenaked Ladies


 C7
Hello city . . .


 G	   
 D
Another night at the Palace,

 C		
 C7		
 G    
 D 	       
 C    
 Cadd9
'cause there is nothing else to do.  (Whoa, whoa)

 G		     
 D
The same people, the same drinks
       
 C
and the same music,

 C7
the same quicksand.

 G	      
 D		        
 C
I think this harbour town is waist
		     
 Cm7
deep and sinking fast.

CHORUS:

 G	
 D     
 C
Hello city,  You've found
      
 C7		
 G     	      
 D		    
 C     
 Cadd9
an enemy in me.   (Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)

 G	
 D     
 C               
 C7
Hello city, (Hello city,) hello city.


 G	  
 D
Second night at the Warehouse,

 C		
 C7		
 G       
 D      
 C     
 C7
and my mock turtleneck just reeks. (Whoa, whoa)

 G			
 D
>From the liquor room to the changeroom

 C			
 C7		
 G
to the doom and gloom of the hotel room,
	      
 D
I wish this seaside beerhall would

 C	        
 Cm7
sink into the bay.

CHORUS

Maybe I caught you at a bad time,
maybe I should call you back next week,
maybe half the fault was mine that
the sun didn't shine on Barrington Street.


 G	       
 D			  
 C
It's three o'clock in the morning,
	  
 C7		 
 G   
 D        
 C     
 Cadd9
and I'm hungry so let's eat. (Whoa, whoa)

 G			    
 D
Climb down three flights to the streetlights

 C		    
 C7			       
 G
and the barfights, we're just taking in the sights.
	         
 D		  
 C		         
 Cm7
I hope tomorrow that I wake up in my own bed.

CHORUS

              		
 G
What a good place to be,
	   
 D
don't believe them,
		
 C
'Cause they speak a different language
	 
 C7			
 G
and it's never been happy for me. (It's happy hour
          
 D     
 C     
 Cadd9
again, whoa, whoa)
GD		    
 G	    
 D      
 C     
 C7
It's Happy Hour again.  (Whoa, whoa)

 G	
 D
Hello city,

 C      
 Cm7    
 G
 hello city.