Ten Oclock In Toronto

TEN O' CLOCK IN TORONTO (Christine Lavin)

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[The parts that say "G(9) G" are often a complicated mix of

G(9), G, and G6. Same deal for "Em(9) Em7". See the end

of the file for details.]

G(9) G G(9) G Em(9) Em7 Em(9) Em7

G(9) G G(9) G Em(9) Em7 Em(9) Em7

G(9) G G(9) G

It's ten o'clock in Toronto, I check into a room on the twenty-first floor

Em(9) Em7 Em(9) Em7

I'm traveling on cruise control, turn on the TV and lock the door

G(9) G G(9) G

I hear a news reporter; she says, will you look into the sky

Em(9) Em7 Em(9) Em7

Tonight we're in the midst of a lunar eclipse; mmmm, what a heavenly sight

I pull back the curtains, and there above the building across the street

I spy the man in the moon playing hide and seek

G(9) G G(9) G

Em(9) Em7 Em(9) Em7

I try to keep my eyes fixed on that elusive moon

But I'm distracted; across the way, I can see into some rooms

There's a young woman sitting at a desk, so busy writing

Now a man sits next to her, looks like they're fighting

She buries her head in her hands, and silently she cries

He gets up, paces, pounds the wall, shakes his fist up to the sky

(To the moon, Alice)

Two rooms down, I can see Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly

No, it's just a Hitchcock film; a wide-screen color TV

Over in the corner, there's an old man playing with a black cat

If he saw me spying like this, what would he think of that

Would he think that I am a voyeur, or just another lonely one

An interloper taking notes of heartache on the run

Oh, oh, oooooh

Ba da dee deeee

Ba da dee dee deeee deeee deee-eeee

Now the moon is bathed in darkness, that woman is bathed in tears

Grace Kelly bathed in the limelight for so many years

I'm bathed in the darkness behind this window pane

Watching light and love and life wax and wane

Now the old man and the black cat are dozing in an easy chair

Are visions dancing in their heads of moonbeams in the air

Oh, oh, oooooh

Ba da dee deeee

Ba da dee dee deeee deeee deee-eeee

It's ten o'clock in Toronto (ten o'clock in Toronto)

Ten o'clock in Toronto (ten o'clock in Toronto)

Ten o'clock in Toronto (ten o'clock in Toronto)

Ten o'clock in Toronto (ten o'clock in Toronto)

CHORDS:

In the intro and ending, she plays the G & Em parts something like this:

(d=strum down, u=strum up, p=pick just the lowest 1 or 2 strings;

capital letters are accented.)

|G(9) | G G6 G |G(9) | G G6 G |

|P D u D u d U |d U d U d U d u |P D u D u d U |d U d U d U d u |

|^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |

|Em(9) Em7 Em Em7 |Em9 Em7 Em Em7 |

|P D d u d U | u d U u D u |p u D U u d U | u d U u D u |

|^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |^ ^ ^ ^ |

G(9)=320203; G=320003; G6=322003; Em(9)=024000; Em7=020000; Em=022000

In the instrumental parts at the end of each verse, and to some

extent within the verses, she plays the G chords with a sharper 2/2

feel (one TWO three FOUR); the Em's get a little sharper, but not as

much as the G's. And note that the subtle chord changes aren't as

pronounced in the parts that have words.

- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu