EMERALD CITY (Beethoven's Ninth)       (Listen to sample)

 

    D - Em - D - G - D - Em - D - A7 - D - A7 - D

 

      D         Em D           A7 D A   D                  A7     D            A

1. Take me to the Emerald City, down yellow brick roads fast I run,

       D            Em      D7   G            D   A7   D           A7 D      A     D

    scarecrow friends will dance beside me, tin toy brothers bright as sun.

      A           D       A             D      A7              D     A Bm E  A

    Take me to the Emerald City, wizards will give us lemonade,

     D    Em   D    G              DEm D     A7 D  A7D            D-A-D-A-D

    It's a land of pleasures pretty, ruby roses never fade.

 

        D        Em D       A7  D  A        D           A7  D     A

2. Children gather fragile flowers, stars will sing a lullaby,

      D          Em D7 G     D A7  D       A7  D A     D

    you're an angel, fly forever, living life behind the sky.

      A           D       A             D      A7               D    A Bm E  A

    Take me to the Emerald City, wizards will give us lemonade,

     D    Em   D    G              DEm D     A7 D   A7D             

    It's a land of pleasures pretty, ruby roses never fade.

 

     D - Em - D - G - D - Em - D - A7 - D - A7 - D

 

      D       Em    D      A7   D     A      D        A7      D             A

3. Rain, it falls like tinsel teardrops, rivers flow through jungles tall,

     D         Em        D7       G       D  A7     D           A7  D          A   D

   witches watch through magic mirrors, frost and fog covers crystal balls.

      A          D        A             D      A7              D    A BmE  A

    Take me to the Emerald City, wizards will give us lemonade,

     D    Em    D    G             DEm  D    A7 D  A7D

    It's a land of pleasures pretty, ruby roses never fade.

     D    Em   D    G             DEm  D     A7 D  A7D

    it's a land of pleasures pretty, ruby roses never fade.

 

(capo 1st)             

 

    (Seekers / Beethoven)