Please Come To Boston Chords

by Dave Loggins
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
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Chords

D
Dsus4
Dsus2
G
A
Bm
Em

Strumming

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The other one had a couple things wrong... So just wrote this one out for me.
I only have 1 CHORUS block, with a blank under the City you fill in Boston/Denver/
LA as you go along... L8R
 
CAPO-2 INTRO: D Dsus4 D Dsus2 x2
D                               G
Please come to Boston for the springtime
     D                                             G
I'm staying here with some friends and they've got lots of room
A                                    Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
     Bm           A         G
By a cafe were I hope to be working soon
D                                A                              D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Please come to Boston, She said "No; Boy won’t you come home to me."
 
[CHORUS]
D                                    A      D       D                 A     D
She said hey "Ramblin' boy, won't ya settle down?   Boston ain't your kinda town
 
       D                                       G
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
        Em                    G            D Dsus4 D
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee      
 
D                                G
Please come to Denver to see the snow fall
      D                                         G
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
       A                                 D
We’ll throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon
         Bm           A                    G
And then lie awake at night 'til they come back around
D                                A                              D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Please come to Denver, She said "No; Boy won’t you come home to me."
 
[CHORUS]
D                                    A      D       D                 A     D
She said hey "Ramblin' boy, won't ya settle down?   Denver ain't your kinda town
 
        D                                       G
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
           Em                  G            D Dsus4 D
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee      
 
[BRIDGE]
         Bm                   A                     G                          D
Now this drifter’s world goes round and round and I doubt that it’s ever gonna stop
       Bm                  A                 G
But of all the dreams I’ve lost or found And all that I ain’t got                    
               Em                       A
I still need to cling to, somebody I can sing to… … … (Pause)
 
D                              G
Please come to L.A. To live forever
    D                        G
The California life alone is just too hard to live
      A                                       D
We'll live in a house that looks out over the ocean
                 Bm                       A               G
And there’s some stars that fall from the sky, livin' up on the hill
D                            A                                 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Please come to LA, She said "No; Won’t you please come home to me."
 
[CHORUS]
D                                    A      D       D               A     D
She said hey "Ramblin' boy, won't ya settle down?   L.A. ain't your kinda town
 
      D                                         G
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
        Em                    G            D Dsus4 D
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee      
           Em                  G                     D
(I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee... Yeah)  Slow Last Time Only
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Please Come To Boston – Dave Loggins
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GuitarBill814
I play this with capo II and I leave the bass E string open - only capo 5 frets. Then play the chords with a D form. I call this drop E tuning. The fingerpicking of the chords with this configuration is really nice.
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