Sweet city woman (1973)    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - Am - Am - G (2x)

 

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1. Well, I'm on my way, to the city life

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    to a pretty face that shines her light on the city nights.

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    And I gotta catch a noon train, I gotta be there on time,

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    oh, it feels so good to know she waits at the end of the line.

 

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Sweet, sweet city woman,

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I can see your face, I can hear your voice, I can almost touch you.

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Sweet, sweet city woman,

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oh, my banjo and me, we got a feel for singin', yeah, yeah.

 

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+  Bon c'est bon, bon bon c'est bon, bon,

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    bon c'est bon, bon, bon, bon, bon.

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    Bon c'est bon, bon bon c'est bon, bon,

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    bon c'est bon, bon, bon, bon, bon.

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    So long, ma, so long, pa, so long neighbors and friends.

 

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2. Like a country mornin', all snuggled in dew,

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    ah, she's got a way to make a man feel shiny and new.

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    And she sing in the evenin', oh, familiar tunes,

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    and she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     G                      Am

Sweet, sweet city woman,

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I can see your face, I can hear your voice, I can almost touch you.

      G                     Am

Sweet, sweet city woman,

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oh, my banjo and me, we got a feel for singin'.

 

+  instrumental = CHORUS

 

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+  Sweet, sweet city woman, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman !

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    Sweet, sweet city woman,

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    oh, my sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman !

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    Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman,

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    sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city woman ….

 

    (The Stampeders)