Intro:
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Verse: 1
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In the City of Angels tonight down off one of those freeways
G D
The breeze ain't movin' nothin', But the blue hotel light
Am C D
and the ladies on the corner swear they could make it right
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And he sits with his head in his hands She sits listening to the radio
G D
And things--they ain't worked out exactly as planned
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But then, Southern California ain't no place to make a stand...
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And she holds on--she holds on to St. Christopher
G D Am C
And she shines on--and he heads for the light
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And they can't take away the memories of Spanish nights...
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Verse: 2
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She had been there forever and he had been 'somewhere along the way'
G D
They were passionate people these are desperate times
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Desperate measures call for passionate crimes
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So they stole all the love they could handle, living underneath the hotel law
G D
And you don't take prisoners when you live on the run
Am C D
And this town--it can finish anything you've begun...
G D C D
And she holds on--she holds on to St. Christopher
G D Am C
And she shines on--and he heads for the light
D G D Am C G D
And they can't take away the memories of Spanish nights...
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When you run with the dreamers (when you run with the dreamers)
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The going can get so rough (get so rough)
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And sooner or later you find out that dreams just ain't enough...(just ain't enough)
Verse: 3
G D G C
And they swore that each time was the last one You know, two hearts can only take so
much...
G D
And you can't live in love songs but, oh, how they tried
Am C D
Alone in the darkness with the whispers and cries
G D
But then... In the City of the Angels tonight...
G C
down off one of those freeways
G D Am
the breeze ain't movin' nothin' but the blue hotel light...
G D C D
And she holds on--she holds on to St. Christopher
G D Am C
And she shines on--and he heads for the light
D G D Am C G D
And they can't take away the memories of Spanish nights...
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Listen to her heartbeat...
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Listen to her heartbeat...
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Listen to her heartbeat...
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