The City

Afinação: D A D G B E

Intro:
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G6/E  D5(9)  C5(9)

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G6/E          D5(9)     C5(9)
 This city never sleeps
G6/E                                D5(9)     C5(9)
 I hear the people walk by when it's late
G6/E                                 D5(9)       C5(9)
 Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes
G6/E                       D5(9)     C5(9)
 Don't control what I'm into

G6/E            D5(9)     C
 This tower is alive
G6/E                            D5(9)     C5(9)
 The lights that blind keep me awake
G6/E                              D5(9)    C5(9)
 With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind
G6/E                       D5(9)    C5(9)
 Don't control what I'm into

C          D                  D4/A          G#4(7)
   London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C          D            D4/A      G#4(7)
   This is now my home, my home

G6/E     D5(9)           C5(9)
 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E        D5(9)     C5(9)
 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E             D5(9)         C5(9)
 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
   C
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D5(9)
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

G6/E                D5(9)   C5(9)
The pavement is my friend
G6/E                             D5(9)     C5(9)
  It will take me where I need to go
G6/E                  D5(9)     C5(9)
I find it trips me up, and puts me down
G6/E                  D5(9)    C5(9)
This is not what I'm used to

G6/E                 D5(9)    C5(9)
  The shop across the road
G6/E                               D5(9)     C5(9)
  Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it
G6/E                            D5(9)             C5(9)
 Voices speak through my walls, I don't think I'm gonna make it
G6/E       D5(9)     C5(9)
 Past tomorrow

C          D                  D4/A          G#4(7)
   London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C          D           D4/A       G#4(7)
   This is now my home, my home

G6/E     D5(9)          C5(9)
 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E       D5(9)     C5(9)
 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E              D5(9)        C5(9)
 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
    C
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D5(9)
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

C                    D
   And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,
D4/A                                D4/A
  With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head
C                D
  Do I need this, to keep me alive
C                                   D
 The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along

G6/E
I'm from a city where the rain won't cease
  D5(9)                          C5(9)
Pollution in the air matches that on the street
     G6/E
The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like
D5(9)               C5(9)
Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like
G6/E
  I was a country boy when I moved out
D5(9)                     C5(9)
Grew up too fast for my family to find out
G6/E
Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives
D5(9)                              C5(9)
Can't resort to arrogance with white lies
G6/E
  This city won't erase me
    D5(9)                            C5(9)
But I can't help to see how this dark city changed me
G6/E
It's all the same scene, music is my life
   D5(9)                   C5(9)
But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from
G6/E
  North, South, East, West,
            D5(9)                     C5(9)
London's my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down
G6/E
Now I start to do my music properly
    D5(9)                     C5(9)
And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me

C          D                  G6/E
   London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C          D           G6/E       G#4(7)
   This is now my home, my home

G6/E     D5(9)           C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E     D5(9)             C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E     D5(9)           C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
    C
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

G6/E     D5(9)           C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E     D5(9)             C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E     D5(9)           C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
    C
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D                                  G6/E
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two