( D / E/G# / A / Bm7 / C#m )
More than a distant land, Over a shining sea
More than the steaming green, More than the shining eyes
E/G# / A / F#m / Bm7 / E/G# / A / F#m
Well they tell me It?s only a dream in Rio
Bm7 E/G# A D E/G# A
Nothing could be as sweet as it seems, On this very first day down
Bm7 / E/G# / A / F#m / B7 / E/G# / A
They remind me ? son have you so soon forgotten
F#m Bm7 E/G# A D / E/G# / A / G#7 / C#m
Often as not it?s rotten inside And the mask soon slips away ??
F#m A G#7 C#m F#m A G#7
Strange taste of a tropical fruit, Romantic language of the portuguese
C#m / F#m / A / G#7 C#m D E/G# A / G#7 / C#m
Melody on a wooden flute, Samba floating in the summer breeze
E/G# A F#7 B7 F#7 B7
It?s allright you can stay asleep, you can close your eyes
G#7 C#m D B7 E C#7 F#m A Bm7
You can trust the people of paradise, To call your keeper and tender your goodbyes
E/G# A F#m Bm7 E/G# / A / F#m / Bm7 / E/G# / A
Oh what a night wonderful one in a million, Frozen fire brazilian stars
D E/G# A B7 E/G# A F#m B7 E/G#
Oh holy southern cross, Later on take me way downtown in a tin can
A / F#m / Bm7 E/G# A D E/G# A G#7
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I can?t come down from the bandstand, I'm never thown for such a loss when they say
C#m / F#m / A / G#7 / C#m / F#m / A / G#7 D / E/G# / A / G#7
Qdo a nossa m�e acordar, andaremos ao sol, Qdo ... acordar, cantar� pelo sert�o
Qdo ... acordar, todos os filhos saber�o G#7 / C#m / D / E/G# / A
Todos os filhos saber�o e regozijar�o
( E/G# A F#7 Bm7 )
Caught in the rays of rising sun, On the run, from the soldier?s gun
Shouting out loud from the angry crowd, the mild, the wild and the hungry child
E/G# A F#m7 Bm7 E/G# / A / F#m7
I?ll tell you there?s more than dream in Rio
Bm7 E/G# A D E/G# A
I was there on the very day and my heart came back alive
Bm7 E/G# A F#m7 Bm7 E/G# / A / F#m / Bm7 / E/G#
There was more, more than the singing voices, More than the up turned faces
A D E/G# / A / Bm7 / C#m / B7 / C#m / D E/G# A / Bm7 / C#m
And more than the shining eyes, But it?s more than the shining eye
More than the steaming green, More than the hidden hills
A / Bm7 C#m / D / E/G# / A /Bm7} / C#m
More than the concret christ, More than a distant land, over a shining sea
( D / E/G# / A / Bm7 / C#m )
More than the a hungry child, More like another time, Born of a million years, More than a million years