Please Come To Boston chords by Dave Loggins (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Gmaj7
D
A7sus4
A7
Bm
Bm/A
D/B
Em7
Em7/F#
G
A7/C#

Intro 1

Gmaj7

Verse 1
D 
Gmaj7 
Please come to Boston for the Springtime
D 
I'm stayin' here with some friends
Gmaj7 
and they've got lots of room
A7sus4 
A7 
And you       can sell your paintings
D 
on the sidewalk
Bm 
By a café where I hope
Bm/A 
Gmaj7 
to be workin' soon
D 
Please come to Boston
A7 
D 
She said "No, would you come home to me?"

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Chorus 1

And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy

now won't you settle down?"

D/B

"Boston ain't your kind of town"

"There ain't no gold and

Gmaj7

there ain't nobody like me"

Em7

"I'm the number one fan

of the man from Tennessee"

Verse 2
D 
Gmaj7 
Please come to Denver with the snowfall
D 
We'll move up into the mountains
Gmaj7 
so far that we can't be found
A7sus4 
A7 
And throw     "I love you" echoes
D 
down the canyons
Bm 
And then lie awake at night
Bm/A 
Gmaj7 
till they   come back around
D 
Please come to Denver
A7 
She said "No"
D 
"Boy, would you come home to me?"

Chorus 2
D 
And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy
A7 
D 
why won't you settle down?"
D/B 
A7 
D 
"Denver ain't your kind of town"
"There ain't no gold and
Gmaj7 
there ain't nobody like me"
Em7 
"'Cause I'm the number one fan
A7 
D 
of the man from Tennessee"

Solo 1

Gmaj7

Em7

Em7/F#

Bridge 1
Bm 
Now this drifter's world
A7/C# 
goes 'round and 'round
Gmaj7 
A7 
D 
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
Bm 
A7/C# 
But of all the dreams I've lost or found
Gmaj7 
And all that I ain't got
Em7 
I still need to lean to
A7sus4 
A7 
Somebody I can sing to

Verse 3
D 
Gmaj7 
Please come to LA to live forever
D 
Gmaj7 
California life alone is just too hard to build
A7sus4 
A7 
D 
I live      in a house that looks out over the ocean
Bm 
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Bm 
Gmaj7 
Livin' up on the hill
D 
Please come to LA
A7 
She just said "No"
D 
"Boy, won't you come home to me?"

Chorus 3
D 
And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy
A7 
D 
why won't you settle down?"
D/B 
A7 
D 
"LA can't be your kind of town"
"There ain't no gold and
Gmaj7 
there ain't nobody like me"
Em7 
"No, no, I'm the number one fan
A7 
D 
of the man from Tennessee"
Em7 
Em7/F# 
"I'm the number   one fan
G 
A7 
Gmaj7 
of the man from Tennessee
D 

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Gmaj7
D
A7sus4
A7
Bm
Bm/A
D/B
Em7
Em7/F#
G
A7/C#

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: E majorBPM: 67

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Gmaj7: 3-x-0-0-0-2
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
A7sus4: x-0-2-0-3-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x
Bm/A: x-0-4-4-3-x
D/B: x-x-0-2-3-2
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
Em7/F#: 0-2-2-0-3-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
A7/C#: x-4-5-2-5-x

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This is the original studio version of Please Come To Boston by Dave Loggins, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of E major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Dave Loggins's performance.