A                   E                  E    E/F# E/G#               
We built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll
A                   E                           A            
Built this city, we built this city on rock and ro  -oll
 
[Instrumental]
E5 A5    G#5 F#5
E5 A5    B   E
E5 A5    G#5 F#5
E5 A5    B   E

[Verse 1]
E                         A/E                                  
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
D/E                    B7/E    E                                   
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
E                        A/E                                                                                        
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight                                                            
D/E      B7/E     E                     B/D#
Too many runaways   eating up the night

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#m            A/C#   Bsus4              B            E     A                                                                          
Mar-coni plays the mamba, listen to the radi-o, don't you remem-ber
   E          A    G#5 F#5        E          A       E    B/D# C#m               
We built this city,            we built this city on rock and  roll

[Chorus]
   A                   E/G#               E    E/F# E/G#               
We built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll
A                   E/G#               B    G#m  A            
Built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll

[Instrumental]
E5 A5    G#5 F#5
E5 A5    B   E
 
[Verse 2] 
E                        A/E                                                              
Someone's always playing corporation games
D/E                      B7/E     E                                              
Who cares they're always changing   corporation names
E                           A/E                                                                
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
     D/E              B7/E   E                       B/D#                                       
They call us irrespon-sible,   write us off the page

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#m            A/C#   Bsus4              B            E     A                                                                          
Mar-coni plays the mamba, listen to the radi-o, don't you remem-ber
   E          A    G#5 F#5        E          A       E    B/D# C#m               
We built this city,            we built this city on rock and  roll

[Chorus]
   A                   E/G#               E    E/F# E/G#               
We built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll
A                   E/G#               B    G#m A            
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

 A   B/A  A  A

[Bridge]
          A       E       A     B/D# E        A         E      A      B/D# E                                    
It's just another Sunday,                in a tired old street
A                   E           A         B/D# E    A   E      A       B/D# E                                               
Police have got the choke hold,    oh-oh, oh,  oh,         but we just lost the  beat

[Verse 3]
E                    A/E                                                                        
Who counts the money underneath the bar
D/E                    B7/E     E                                                                          
Who rides the wrecking ball  in-to our guitars
      E                         A/E                                                              
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're [the ship of] fools
D/E           B7/E    E                              B/D#                                  
Looking for A-merica,  crawling through your schools

[Interlude]
C#m       A/C#   E    Bsus4   B            E     A                                                               
                                 don't you remem-ber
E          A    G#5 F#5        E          A       E   B/D# C#m    

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#m            A/C#   Bsus4              B            E     A                                                                          
Mar-coni plays the mamba, listen to the radi-o, don't you remem-ber
   E          A    G#5 F#5        E          A       E    B/D# C#m               
We built this city,            we built this city on rock and  roll                                                          
 
[Chorus]
   A                   E/G#               E    E/F# E/G#               
We built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll
A                   E/G#               B    G#m A            
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

   A                   E/G#               E    E/F# E/G#               
We built this city, we built this city on rock and  roll
A                   E/G#               B    G#m A            
Built this city, we built this city on rock and rooo -oll

A          B/A                      A                       B/A
   We built     We built this city      We built this city      we built this city
A          B/A                      A                       B/A
   We built     We built this city      We built this city      we built this city 
A          B/A                      A                       B/A
   We built     We built this city      We built this city      we built this city ...fade