Requested by Marco
James Taylor - Snowtime
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CAPO at 1st fret.INTRO:
D D/C# B-7 Asus4 G Asus4 D F#7/5+
O… le… a… na, via Del Norte,
B-7 A G D/F# E-9 E-11
Oh Ca...nada
VERSE I:
A C#-7 A/D
It was snowtime, it was showtime, it was no time
E F° Asus2/F# E/G#
to be lost in downtown Toronto
A C#-7
it was wintertime, round dinnertime
Cadd9 D/F# G E-9
I’m beginning to see that the sunshine, just doesn’t want to
VERSE II:
A C#-7 A/D
from a side street, come a backbeat, pulling on me
E F° Asus2/F# E/G#
like the moon pullin’ on the tide
A C#-7
ay caramba, one-note samba
Cadd9 D/F# G
la la la la bamba, lighting me up inside
CHORUS:
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
They had the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
the light of a tropical moon on a night to remember
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2 A/D* Eadd9 E-9 E-11
and every note was the antidote to December
VERSE III:
A C#-7 A/D
my first impression, some kind of procession
E F° Asus2/F# E/G#
pulling on a long line of fancy dancers
A C#-7
and a band stuck, up on a flatbed truck
Cadd9 D/F# G E-9
they were raising a ruckus, swinging for the fences
VERSE IV:
A C#-7 A/D
exiled Mexican textile working, punching two clocks,
E F° Asus2/F# E/G#
sending two paychecks home boys
A C#-7
hard working law biding bus riding people
Cadd9 D/F# G
celebration on wheels, destination unknown
CHORUS:
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
It was the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
the light of a tropical moon on a night to remember
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2 A/D* Eadd9 E-9 E-11
yes, and every note was the antidote to December
VAR:
D D/C# B-7 Asus4 G Asus4 D F#7/5+
Ri...o gra…nde, O…le… a… na
B-7 A G D/F# E-7 A B
Via del Norte Oh Ca...nada
Now the song is on B key, but you can use the same positions as in the previous part with the capo at 3rd fret.There is video on youtube of a James Taylor live performance at the Rockefeller Center, and when the song changes key he moves capo from the 1st to 3rd fret.
INSTR:
A C#-7 A/D E F° Asus2/F# E/G#
A C#-7 Cadd9 D/F# G B7sus4add9
CHORUS:
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
There was a lifeline south in the song coming from her mouth
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
It swallowed me up and I followed it on downtown
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
In the light of dawn the message that life goes on
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
For the frozen man an invitation to live again
CHORUS:
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
It was the heat of the sun in the beat of the talking drum
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
the light of a tropical moon on a night to remember
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
someone summoned up summer just strumming on an old guitar
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
and every note was the antidote to December
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
they were shakin’ it loose with the juice from the mambo man
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
long lanky Yankee boy, Buckwheat and Spanky, my-my
ENDING:
E Asus2/F#
Santiago de Cuba
E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
Belo Horizonte Cartagena Guaguancó
E Asus2/F# E/G# Bsus4 C#-7 D Dsus2
Canada Guaguancó Canada
CHORDS' SUMMARY:
F#7/5+: 2x233x
D/F#: 2x0232
E-9: 0x4030
E-11: 0x4035
A/D: x57655
A/D*: xx0220
F°: 1x010x
Asus2/F#: 2xx200
E/G#: 4x245x
E-9: 0x4030
E-11: 0x4035
Dsus2: xx0230
E-add9: 024000
Bsus4: x24400
B7sus4add9: x2x220
