Please Come To Boston Chords

KeyE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

Please Come To Boston by Harry Chapin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Em, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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(D) Please Come to Boston For the (G) springtime  
I'm (D) stayin' with some friends and they got (G) lots of room.  
(Em) You can sell you paintings on the (D) sidewalk  
By a (Bm) cafe' where I (A) hope to be (G) working soon  
(D) Please come to Boston She said (A) no boy you come home to (D) me.  
**Chorus:  
And she said (D) ramblin' boy why don't you (A) settle down.  
(D)  
(I.Boston, 2. Denver 3. L.A.) ain't your (A) kind of town.  
(D) There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like (G) me.  
I"I'm the (Em) number one fan of the (A) man from Tennessee. (D)  
(D) Please come to Denver to watch the (G) snowfall  
We'll (D) move up into the mountains so far that we (G) can't be found  
(Em) -Throw I love you echoes down the (D) canyon  
  
And then (Bm) lye awake at (A) night till they come (G) back around.  
  
(D) Please come to Denver she said (A) no boy you come home to (D) me.  
Go to **  
Bridge:  
Now this (Bm) drifters world goes (A) round and round and I (G) doubt if it's ever gonna stop (D)  
And of (Bm) all the dreams I've (A) lost and found and(G) all that I ain't got.  
I need someone to (Em) cling to. Somebody I can (A) sing to.  
(D) Please come to L.A to live (G) forever.  
The (D) California life alone is (G) just too hard to live  
We'll (Em) live in a house that looks out over the (D) ocean  
There's some (Bm) stars that fell (A) from the sky livin up (G) on a hill.  
(D) Please come to L.A she said (A) no boy you come home to me. (D)  
  
Go to **  
I'm the number on fan of the man from Tennessee x2  
  


    	

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100 BPM Andante