Alma Mater

Words & Music:

Terry Kath (Chicago)

 

G    F#m    Bm    E    Am    A    D    Asus4/D    Am/D    D7

 

G       CM9        Bm7    F#

Looking back a few short years,

        F                             F#        G            G#

When we made our plans and played the cards the way they fell.

A        DM9         C#m7

Clinging to our confidence,

G#m      G                Bm        F#m               F#

We stood on the threshold of the goal that we knew dear.

E   D      A  D6/F#  A/E A       F#m7  D6/E  A7    D/A  A7  D

And though we had--- our fights, had-- our-- short-tempered nights,

Dm                           A    Bm7                        G

It couldn't pull our dreams apart, all our needs and all our wants

E             F#m           Bm7                         E E/F# E/G E/G#

Drawn together in our hearts, we felt it from the very start.

A    A/B    A/C    A/C#  D  Asus4/D  Am/D  D7

Oh--------, yeah-------, oooh!

 

G      CM9            Bm7  F#

It all happened recently,

F#         F                       F#      G       G#

Now, we're living in that dream we had not long ago.

A    DM9            C#m7   G#m      G           Bm              F#m  F#

Everything is going fine------- and now we just have to keep in mind.

E  D/E  A/F#  D6/F#   A/E   A      F#m7  D6/E   A7  D/A  A7  D7

We must set-- brand-- new-- goals, we--- must-- not lose control.

Dm7              A    Bm7                   G

All the possibilities of finding the discoveries

E                   F#m

That would let everybody see.

Bm7          E             A  Bm7  D  D/E  Dm/F  Dm/G  A

That we were just meant to be.