Cat Stevens -
18Th Avenue Kansas City Nightmare

CAPO: 2nd Fret

VERSE 1:
Well, I Frode awhile for aB mile or so,
Down theFm road to the 18th
FAvenue,
And theF people I saw were the
Bpeople I know,
And theyFm all came down toF take a view,
TheF path was dark and
Bborderless,
Down theFm road to the 18th
FAvenue,
And itF stung my tongue to
rBepeat the words
That IF used to use only
F#yesterday,
F Meanings just dBropped to
tFhe ground,
B   F I tried to remBember
whatF I thought and whatF# I used to say,
C  Don’t let me Go doFbwn, no, don’t let me go!

F# C Fb Fb C B F
Fsus4 F

VERSE 2:
Oh, myF# hands were tied as I
Fbstruggled inside
The A#empty waste of aGnother day,
F# Memories were bFblank to my  A#  
eyes,
Fb  F# The fire and the gFblory of
thatA# night seems safelyG locked away,
A#  Too hungry to rFise, oh,
too hungry to...

G Cm F F Cm

INSTRUMENTAL: (Quick Tempo)
Fb F# Fb F# (x3) Fb
F# Fb Fb Fb Fb
Fb F# Fb F#
Fb F# Fb C
C F C F C
F C F# Fb C
Fb C Fb Fb C Fb
C Fb Fb C Fb C
Fb C Fb Fb C
Fb F# Fb F# Fb
F# Fb F#
Fb F# F#
Fb F# Fb (x2)
F Cm F Cm F Cm F
Cm F Cm F F B Fb

(Slow tempo)
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm
Fm7 Fm Fm7 (x3)
Fm Fm7 Fm C B
Fm C
F Fm7 Fm Fm


VERSE 3:
Well, IF rode awhile for aB mile or so,
Down theFm road to the 18th
FAvenue,
And theF people I saw were the
Bpeople I know,
And theyFm all came down toF take
a view,
TheF path was dark and
Bborderless,
Down theFm road to the 18th
FAvenue,
But myF head felt better as I
Bturned the car,
And theF airport slowlyF# came in view,
F  ‘One mBile’ said the  F 
sign! BWoh-oh!
F  I checked my bBags and made
itF straight to end GateF# 22,
C   "Made it just in Fbtime...
Boy, you made it just inF# time!"
C Fb C B F