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Biscuit City Chords

Music by: Gordon Lightfoot
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[Verse 1]
[D]I'd like to be in biscuit city
With my [G]banjo in [Abdim]my hand
I don't [D]need no long vaca[Bm]tion
In some [F#m]foreign [A]land
Cause the [Bm]sound of my own [G]breathing
Has been [D]turning to [Bm]a sigh
I [G]wish that I could [D]make the time
To [A]be in biscuit [G]city by and [D]by
Oh the water is of emerald
And the [G]beach is white [Abdim]as snow
And [D]everyone's got [Bm]money
And no [F#m]place [A]to go
In a [Bm]land of milk and [G]honey
It can [D]really make [Bm]you smile
And [G]if I had a [D]ticket
I [A]would stay in biscuit [G]city for a while
[D]

[Verse 2]
All the girls are in bikinis
All [G]the boys are in [Abdim]the buff
With the [D]baby in [Bm]between and
That makes [F#m]three of [A]us
And the [Bm]streets are all so [G]quiet
And [D]the walls are squeaky [Bm]clean
I [G]think you ain't [D]been nowhere 'til
The [A]town of biscuit [G]city you have seen

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][Abdim]
[D][Bm][F#m][A][Bm][G][D]
[Bm][G][D][A][G][D]

[Verse 3]
I'd rather [D]be in biscuit city
With my [G]banjo in [Abdim]my hand
Than [D]take a big vaca[Bm]tion
In some [F#m]foreign [A]land
Cause the [Bm]sound of my own [G]breathing
Has been [D]turning to [Bm]a sigh
If it [G]were not for misfor[D]tune
I would [A]be in biscuit [G]city by and [D]by
If it [G]were not for mis[D]fortune
I would [A]stay in biscuit [G]city 'til I die

[Outro 1]
[D][G][Abdim]
[D][Bm][F#m][A][Bm][G][D]
[Bm][G][D][A][G]
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