{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1481595,"song":"18Th Avenue Kansas City Nightmare","artist":"Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1481595-18th-avenue-kansas-city-nightmare-chords-by-cat-stevens-yusuf-islam/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1481595?type=chord","rating":4.62022,"votes":14,"content":"18th Avenue (Kansas City nightmare) by Cat Stevens\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I rode awhile for a mile or so, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the road to the 18th Avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the people I saw were the people I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they all came down to take a view,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe path was dark and borderless, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the road to the 18th Avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it stung my tongue to repeat the words[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat I used to use only yesterday,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Meanings just dropped to the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n I tried to remember what I thought and what I used to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n Don’t let me go down, no, don’t let me go![/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOh, my hands were tied as I struggled inside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe empty waste of another day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Memories were blank to my eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] \r\n The fire and the glory of that night seems safely locked away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n Too hungry to rise, oh, too hungry to...[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: (Quick Tempo)\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] (x3) [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] (x2)\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n\r\n(Slow tempo)\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWell, I rode awhile for a mile or so, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the road to the 18th Avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the people I saw were the people I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they all came down to take a view,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe path was dark and borderless,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown the road to the 18th Avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut my head felt better as I turned the car, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the airport slowly came in view,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n ‘One mile’ said the sign! Woh-oh![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n I checked my bags and made it straight to end Gate 22,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n \"Made it just in time...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoy, you made it just in time!\"[/tab]","plain_text":"18th Avenue (Kansas City nightmare) by Cat Stevens\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Bb F Eb Eb F G A Asus A\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n B F# E E F#\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: (Quick Tempo)\nAb Bb Ab Bb (x3) Ab Bb Eb Eb Eb Eb\nEb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F\nF C F C F C F Bb Ab F\nEb F Ab Eb F Eb F Ab Ab F Eb F\nEb F Ab Eb F\nAb Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb\nAb Bb Bb Eb Bb Eb (x2)\nE F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E E D Ab\n\n(Slow tempo)\nAm Em7 Am Em7 Am Em7 Am Em7 (x3)\nAm Em7 Am F G Am F\nC Em7 Am Em\n\n\nVERSE 3:","chords":["A","D","Em","C","Bb","G","F","Eb","Asus","Db","B","Ab","Gb","E","F#","Am","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}