Biography:
Talking Heads were a new wave band which formed in 1974 in New York City, New York, United States. The band originally consisted of David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums), who had met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. The band added Jerry Harrison (keyboards & guitar) in early 1977. The band released eight studio albums before disbanding in 1991. Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Other songs:
- Burning Down The House
- Love -> Building -> Fire
- Love For Sale
- Nothing But Flowers
- Psycho Killer
- Psycho Killer (intro)
- Road To Nowhere
- The Big Country
- This Must Be The Place (naive Melody)
- A Clean Break Lets Work
- Air
- And She Was
- Building On Fire
- Cities
- City Of Dreams
- Creatures Of Love
- Dont Worry About The Government
- Dream Operator
- Electric Guitar
- First Week Last Week Carefree
- Found A Job
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Give Me Back My Name
- Happy Day
- Heaven
- Heven
- I Wanna Live
- I Want To Live
- I Wish You Wouldnt Say That
- Life During Wartime
- Lifetime Piling Up
- Listening Wind
- Love Building On Fire
- Memories Cant Wait
- Once In A Lifetime
- People Like Us
- Perfect World
- Pulled Up
- Radio Head
- Stay Hungry
- Stay Up Late
- Sugar On My Tounge
- Take Me To The River
- Television Man
- Tentative Decisions
- Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
- The Book I Read
- The Good Thing
- The Lady Dont Mind
- This Must Be The Place
- This Must Be The Place Naive Melody
- Totally Nude
- Turn To Salt
- Uh
- Wild Wild Life
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City of Dreams – Talking Heads
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Written by: David Byrne
From: "True Stories" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The first A chords in the chorus might be played as A6. There is a f#
in the backing vocals there. If you want to highlight that, the A6
sounds nice. Just leave it out if you think it is too much.
If you like the tab, don't forget to vote. If you don't, let me know
what's wrong so I can fix it. Thank you very much!
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D x-x-0-2-3-2
G 3-x-0-0-0-3
A x-0-2-2-2-0
G5 3-x-0-0-3-3
A7 x-0-2-2-2-3 or
x-0-2-0-2-0
A x-0-2-2-2(2)
G/F# 2-x-0-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 1
D
Here where you are standing
G A
Dinosaurs did a dance
D
The Indians told a story
G A
Now it has come to pass
[Bridge] 1
G5
The Indians had a legend
D A
The Spaniards lived for gold
D G5
The white man came and killed them
D A A7
But they ... haven't really gone
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
[Interlude] (pedal steel)
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 2
D
From Germany and Europe
G A
And Southern U.S.A.
D
They made this little town here
G A
That we live in to this day
[Bridge] 2
G5
The children of the white man
D A
Saw Indians on TV
D G5
And heard about the legend
D A A7
How their ... city was a dream
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
[Interlude] (guitar/pedal steel)
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 3
D
The Civil War is over
G A
And World War One and Two
D
If we can live together
G A
The dream it might come true
[Bridge] 3
G5
Underneath the concrete
D A
The dream is still alive
D G5
A hundred million lifetimes
D A A7
A world that never dies
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | % |
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7 D
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
City of Dreams – Talking Heads
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Written by: David Byrne
From: "True Stories" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The first A chords in the chorus might be played as A6. There is a f#
in the backing vocals there. If you want to highlight that, the A6
sounds nice. Just leave it out if you think it is too much.
If you like the tab, don't forget to vote. If you don't, let me know
what's wrong so I can fix it. Thank you very much!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D x-x-0-2-3-2
G 3-x-0-0-0-3
A x-0-2-2-2-0
G5 3-x-0-0-3-3
A7 x-0-2-2-2-3 or
x-0-2-0-2-0
A x-0-2-2-2(2)
G/F# 2-x-0-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 1
D
Here where you are standing
G A
Dinosaurs did a dance
D
The Indians told a story
G A
Now it has come to pass
[Bridge] 1
G5
The Indians had a legend
D A
The Spaniards lived for gold
D G5
The white man came and killed them
D A A7
But they ... haven't really gone
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
[Interlude] (pedal steel)
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 2
D
From Germany and Europe
G A
And Southern U.S.A.
D
They made this little town here
G A
That we live in to this day
[Bridge] 2
G5
The children of the white man
D A
Saw Indians on TV
D G5
And heard about the legend
D A A7
How their ... city was a dream
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
[Interlude] (guitar/pedal steel)
| D | D G | A | % |
| D | D G | A | % |
[Verse] 3
D
The Civil War is over
G A
And World War One and Two
D
If we can live together
G A
The dream it might come true
[Bridge] 3
G5
Underneath the concrete
D A
The dream is still alive
D G5
A hundred million lifetimes
D A A7
A world that never dies
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7
Remember this our favorite town
[Chorus]
D A | G5 | % |
We live in the city of dreams
D A | G5 | G5 G/F#|
We drive on this highway of fire
Em
Should we awake
G5
And find it gone
A A7 D
Remember this our favorite town
[break] [break]
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