Only a dream in Rio

[Intro]

C2            D/F#   G   A  G/B  C2
More than a distant land
       D/F#     G   A  G/B  C2
Over a shining sea
              D/F#      G    A  G/B  C2
More than the steaming breeze
              D/F#     G   A
More than the shining eyes

[Verse 1]

             D/F#  G
Well they tell me
     Em7    A         D/F#  G
It's only a dream in Rio
Em7           A      D/F#        G
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems
        C2     D/F#     G   A
On this very first day down
        D/F#   G
They remind me
    Em7      A         D/F#     G
Or have you so soon forgotten?
  Em7    A        D/F#      G
Often as not it's rotten inside
           C2      D/F#   G   A#º      Bm7
And the mask soon slips away
      Em9          G7M       A#º     Bm7
Strange taste of a tropical fruit
           Em9     G7M          A#º      Bm7
Romantic language of the Portuguese
    Em9     G7M      A#º      Bm7
Melody on a wooden flute
        C              D/F#    G   A#º     Bm7
Samba floating in the summer breeze, take it easy

[Interlude]

 Em9  G7M  A#º  Bm7  Em9  G7M  A#º  Bm7

 Em9  G7M  A#º  Bm7  C  D/F#  G

[Bridge]

D/F#     G              E/G#    A
It's all right, you can stay asleep
         E/G#       A
You can close your eyes
         A#º       Bm7     C2     A/C#
You can trust the people of paradise
   D         B/D#       Em7    G7M      A4
To call your keeper and tender your good-byes

[Verse 2]

   D/F#    G
Oh, what a night
   Em7     A     D/F#        G
Wonderful one in a million
Em7    A        D/F#    G
Frozen fire Brazilian stars
   C2     D/F#      G   A         D/F#  G
Oh, holy Southern Cross, later on
          Em7    A       D/F#      G
Take me way downtown in a tin can. I
     Em7    A           D/F#
Can't come down from the bandstand
   G           C2     D/F#        G  A#º
And I'm never thrown for such a loss when they say

[Chorus]

Bm7   Em9    G7M     A#º     Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar
Em9 G7M   A#º      Bm7
Andaremos ao sol
      Em9   G7M      A#º     Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar
      C  D/F#    G  A#º     Bm7
Cantará pelos sertão
       Em9  G7M    A#º     Bm7
Quando a nossa mãe acordar
  Em9    G7M      A#º     Bm7
Todos os filhos saberão
  Em9    G7M      A#º     Bm7
Todos os filhos saberão
C   D/F#   G
E regozijarão

[Verse 3]

D/F#          G           E/G#   A
Caught in the rays of the rising sun
E/G#   G            D/F#      A
On the run from the soldier's gun
D/F#        G          E/G#       A
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd
       D/F#   G           E/G#       A
The mild the wild and the hungry child
     D/F#  G          Em7         A        D/F#  G
I'll tell you there's more than a dream in Rio
Em7   A           D/F#   G
I was there on the very day
       C2         D/F#   G   A
And my heart came back alive
         D/F#  G  Em7        A        D/F#    G
There was more, more than the singing voices
Em7          A         D/F#  G
More than the upturned faces
  C2         D/F#               G  A  Bm7  C2     D/F#  G  A  G/B
More than the shining eyes

[Final]

         C2                      G  A G/B C2
But it's more than the shining eyes
               D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
More than the steaming breeze
               D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
More than the hidden  hills
               D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
More than the concrete Christ
             D/F#       G     A  G/B   C2
More than a distant   land
      D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
Over a shining sea
             D/F#       G     A  G/B   C2
More than a hungry   child
            D/F#        G     A  G/B   C2
More like another     time
            D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
Born of a million years
             D/F#     G     A  G/B   C2
More than a million years

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 D/F#  G  A  G/B  C2
 D/F#  G  A  G/B  C2