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Intro
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D
Verse 1
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DI'm hearing the light from the Bbwindow
I'm Dseeing the sound of the Csea
My Dfeet have come loose from their B7moorings
I'm Gfeeling quite wonderfully Afree
Chorus
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And I Gthink I will travel to GmRio
DUsing the F#mmusic for B7flight
There's Gnothing I know of in GmRio
But it's Asomething to do with the Dnight
It's Gonly a whimsical Gmnotion
To Dfly down to F#mRio toB7night
And I Gprobably won't fly down to GmRio
ABut then again I just mDight
Verse 2
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There's Dwings to the thought behind fBbancy
There's Dwings to the thought behind Cplay
And Ddancing to rhythms of B7laughter
Makes Glaughter the rhythm of Arain
Chorus
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So I tGhink I will travel to RGmio
DUsing the F#mmusic for B7flight
There's nGothing I know of in GmRio
But it's sAomething to F#mdo with the Dnight
It's Gonly a whimsical Gmnotion
To Dfly down to F#mRio toB7night
And I pGrobably won't fly down to GmRio
ABut then again I just Dmight
Instrumental
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D   Bb   D   C
D   B7   G   A
G   Gm   D   F#m   B7
G   Gm   A   D
Verse 3
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I Dfeel such a sense of well-Bbbeing
The Dproblems have come to be Csolved
And Dwhat I thought was proper for B7battle
I Gsee now is proper for Alove
Chorus
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So I Gthink I will travel to GmRio
DUsing the F#mmusic for B7flight  
There's Gnothing that I know of in GmRio
But it's Asomething to F#mdo with the Dnight
It's Gonly a whimsical Gmnotion
To Dfly down to F#mRio toB7night
And I Gprobably won't fly down to GmRio
ABut then again I just Dmight
Instrumental
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D   Bb   D   C
D   B7   G   A
Chorus
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So I Gthink I will travel to GmRio
DUsing the F#mmusic for B7flight  
There's Gnothing that I know of in GmRio
But it's Asomething to F#mdo with the Dnight
It's Gonly a whimsical Gmnotion
To Dfly down to F#mRio toB7night
And I Gprobably won't fly down to GmRio
ABut then again I just Dmight
Outro
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D

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Rio

by Michael Nesmith

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F#m

Intro

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Verse 1

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D Bb

I'm hearing the light from the window

D C

I'm seeing the sound of the sea

D B7

My feet have come loose from their moorings

G A

I'm feeling quite wonderfully free

Chorus

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G Gm

And I think I will travel to Rio

D F#m B7

Using the music for flight

G Gm

There's nothing I know of in Rio

A D

But it's something to do with the night

G Gm

It's only a whimsical notion

D F#m B7

To fly down to Rio tonight

G Gm

And I probably won't fly down to Rio

A D

But then again I just might

Verse 2

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D Bb

There's wings to the thought behind fancy

D C

There's wings to the thought behind play

D B7

And dancing to rhythms of laughter

G A

Makes laughter the rhythm of rain

Chorus

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G Gm

So I think I will travel to Rio

D F#m B7

Using the music for flight

G Gm

There's nothing I know of in Rio

A F#m D

But it's something to do with the night

G Gm

It's only a whimsical notion

D F#m B7

To fly down to Rio tonight

G Gm

And I probably won't fly down to Rio

A D

But then again I just might

Instrumental

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D Bb D C

D B7 G A

G Gm D F#m B7

G Gm A D

Verse 3

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D Bb

I feel such a sense of well-being

D C

The problems have come to be solved

D B7

And what I thought was proper for battle

G A

I see now is proper for love

Chorus

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G Gm

So I think I will travel to Rio

D F#m B7

Using the music for flight

G Gm

There's nothing that I know of in Rio

A F#m D

But it's something to do with the night

G Gm

It's only a whimsical notion

D F#m B7

To fly down to Rio tonight

G Gm

And I probably won't fly down to Rio

A D

But then again I just might

Instrumental

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D Bb D C

D B7 G A

Chorus

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G Gm

So I think I will travel to Rio

D F#m B7

Using the music for flight

G Gm

There's nothing that I know of in Rio

A F#m D

But it's something to do with the night

G Gm

It's only a whimsical notion

D F#m B7

To fly down to Rio tonight

G Gm

And I probably won't fly down to Rio

A D

But then again I just might

Outro

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