Key: G
Introduction:
G6/E D5/9 C5/9
This city never sleeps
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I hear the people walk by when it's late
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Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes
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Don't control what I'm into
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This tower is alive
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The lights that blind keep me awake
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With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind
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Don't control what I'm into
C D D4 G#4/7
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C D D4 G#4/7
This is now my home, my home
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Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
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Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
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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
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The pavement is my friend
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It will take me where I need to go
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I find it trips me up, and puts me down
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This is not what I'm used to
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The shop across the road
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Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it
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Voices speak through my walls, I don't think I'm gonna make it
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Past tomorrow
C D D4 G#4/7
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C D D4 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
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,
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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