G             C
G             C
G             C
D      C      G

[Verse 1]
G              C
  I've got her cane
G                  C
  And Big Danny is wasted
G                         C
  He said I'm the sweetest thing
G                  C
 Oh that he's never tasted
G                   C
 Mariposa's singing love songs
G                C
 All in her dark apartment
G                  C
 Fourteen floors a'birthin
G                     C
 And fourteen floors a'dying

[Chorus]
G              C    
 Livin' in the city
G                        C
 We're just livin' in the city
G              C
 Livin' in the city
          D         C          G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard

[Verse 2]
G                        C
 Oh I'll take you to the stairwell
G                              C
 And I give you something I can offer
G                              C
 You know the heart is not the hopeless
G                      C
 The heart is a lonely hunter
G                C
 Hot long summer days
G                           C
 We're just sneakin' by the river
C                       C
 Oh, I'll lock my dreams away
G                        C
 And I'll watch the city quiver

[Chorus]
G              C    
 Livin' in the city
G                        C
 We're just livin' in the city
G              C
 Livin' in the city
          D         C          G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard

[Solo]
G              C
G              C
G              C
D       C      G

[Verse 3]
G             
 Gypsy bit the dust
G
 You know the shitty hat - it was poisoned
G
 Now everybody wants
G
 Just a taste of what we sold him
G                C
 Standing on the roof tops
G                           C
 We're just yellin' till the morning
G                      C
 All surrounded by the visions
G                  C
 Of all who came before them

[Chorus]
G              C    
 Livin' in the city
G                        C
 We're just livin' in the city
G              C
 Livin' in the city
          D         C          G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
G              C    
 Livin' in the city
G                        C
 We're just livin' in the city
G              C
 Livin' in the city
          D         C          G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
          D         C          G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
          D         C          G