Chords
The City

Key: G

Introduction:

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                         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
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                         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,
                                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