Rotterdam
Pokey LaFarge · C
Rotterdam
Pokey LaFarge
Jazz
Real Key
C
Rate
Real Key
C
C
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Intro
[Gm] [Cm] [F] [Gm7] [D7]
[Gm] [Cm] [Gm7] [D]
Verse 1
[Gm] [Cm]
Ruin comes to beauty
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Almost inevitably
[Gm] [Cm]
And now this I see
[Gm7] [D]
Right here at home
Verse 2
[Gm] [Cm]
In the USA
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Things get worse each day
[Gm] [Cm]
Hope it's not too late
[Gm7] [D]
To pack my things and go
Pre-Chorus
[Cm]
Where I wanna be
[Gm]
It's not where you'd expect
[Cm]
They have a place for me
[Gm7] [D]
down on Nieuwe Binnenweg
Chorus
[Gm] [Cm]
Is this real life?
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Or just the way I am?
[Gm] [Cm]
I long for the Netherlands
[Gm7] [D]
And I want to go
Back, back to Rotterdam
Interlude
[Gm] [Cm] [F] [Gm7] [D7]
[Gm] [Cm] [Gm7] [D]
Verse 3
[Gm] [Cm]
Never felt like a stranger
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
I Never felt in danger
[Gm] [Cm]
Ever since I came here
[Gm7] [D]
I only felt at peace
Verse 4
[Gm] [Cm]
Back home some have to fight
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Yeah, just to survive
[Gm] [Cm]
Why do they have to die,
[Gm7] [D]
Instead of being free?
Pre-Chorus
[Cm]
I know someday the world
[Gm]
Will come to an end
[Cm]
And I'm gonna watch it burn
[Gm7] [D]
But in another land
Chorus
[Gm] [Cm]
Is this real life?
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Or just the way I am?
[Gm] [Cm]
I long for the Netherlands
[Gm7] [D]
There I want to go
Back, back to Rotterdam
(instrumental bridge)
Pre-Chorus
[Cm]
I know someday the world
[Gm]
Will come to an end
[Cm]
But I'm gonna watch it burn
[Gm7] [D]
From in another land
Chorus
[Gm] [Cm]
Is this real life?
[F] [Gm7] [D7]
Or just the way I am?
[Gm] [Cm]
I long for the Netherlands
[Gm7] [D]
There I want to go
Back, back to Rotterdam
Chords Used (6)
Guitar
Ukulele
Gm
1 / 4
Cm
1 / 4
F
1 / 5
Gm7
1 / 5
D7
1 / 4
D
1 / 4
Song Info
Real Key
C
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