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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.