Em - C - A - C (2x)
Em C A C
1. Moving on the floor now, babe, you’re a bird
of paradise,
Em C A
C
cherry ice cream smile, I suppose
it’s very nice.
Em C
With a step to
your left and a flick to your right,
A
C
you catch that
mirror way out west.
Em C
You know you’re something special
A C - Em
and you look like
you’re the best.
E B7 D A
Her name is Rio and she dances in the sand,
E B7 D A
just like that
river twisting through a dusty land.
E B7 D A
And when she shines, she really shows you
all she can,
E B7 D A
oh, Rio, Rio,
dance across the Rio Grande.
+ Em - C - A
- C
(2x)
Em C A C
2. I’ve seen you on the beach and I’ve
seen you on TV,
Em - C A
- C
two of a billion stars.
Em - C
A C
It means so much to me like a birthday or a pretty view,
Em C
A C
- Em
but then I’m sure
that you know, it’s just for you.
+ CHORUS
+ C#m - A - F# - A (2x)
+ C#m - A - F# - A (6x)
Em - C A C
3. Hey, now, look at that, did he really run you down ?
Em
C A
C
At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive,
you make me feel alive,
Em - C A C
alive, alive, I’ll
take my chance ‘cause luck is on my
Em C
side of something,
I know what you’re thinking,
A C - Em
I tell you something, I know what you’re
thinking.
E B7 D A
Her name is Rio and she dances in the sand,
E B7 D A
just like that
river twisting through a dusty land.
E B7 D A
And when she shines, she really shows you
all she can,
E B7 D A
oh, Rio, Rio,
dance across the Rio Grande.
E B7 D A
+ Her
name is Rio and she don’t need to understand,
E B7 D A
and I might find her if I’m
looking like I can.
E B7 D A
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the
land,
E B7
D A
from mountains in
the north down to the Rio Grande.
+ E - B7 - D - A (2x) + E - B7 - D - A (2x) …..
(Duran Duran)