Capo
5
Rate for accuracy
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Key: F
πΈ Intro:
| Cadd2 | Fsus2 | Cadd2 | Fsus2 |
πΈ Verse 1:
Cadd2 G/B F G
The village with its scrambled streets and lovers' lanes
C G/B F
The long lost rooms on Perry Street where love was slain
Am G F
The drifting dreams that turned to ashes in the rain
Cadd2 F G
The flights from fancy all along the vast terrain
C C/B Fmaj7
That always brought me back over the bridge of sighs
C C/B Fmaj7
The desperate dreams, the yearning and the lonely nights
Am G6 Fmaj7
In some far city where I salvaged sweet delights
C G7 G
Awake in sorrow, struggling to get back home
Am7 G Fadd9
Over the rivers, through thΠ΅ woods, sore to the bone
Am7 G Fadd9 G
ThΠ΅ windswept beaches where my shattered dreams could roam
πΈ Verse 2:
C C/B Fmaj7
The dazzling stages, the bright lights where I dreamed and wept
C C/B Fmaj7
Embraced by music where the secrets were kept
Am G F
City of awakening, where I found myself
C F G
City of my youth, of poverty and wealth
Am7 G Fadd9
Stripped of roaming figures, you are still alive
Am G6 Fmaj7 G
You will blossom, you will win, you will survive
πΈ Verse 3:
C G/B F G
Drunk in Greenwich Village, drunk in London Town
C G/B F
Drunk in mountain cities where the clouds came down
Am G6 Fmaj7
Sunlight pouring on my younger face
C G
Light and laughter, fear without a trace
Am7 G Fadd9
City of yearning, city of time
Am7 G Fadd9 G
City of beginning, city of rhyme
πΈ Verse 4:
C G/B Fmaj7
The village with its scrambled streets and lovers' lanes
C G/B Fadd9
The long lost rooms on Perry Street where love was slain
Am7 Gadd11 F
The flights of fancy all along the vast terrain
C G
That brought me back over the bridge of sighs
πΈ Outro:
Csus4 Csus4
City of raw beauty
C Csus4
City of bright lights
C Csus4
Bright lights
Cadd2
Bright lights
Song History
Published: March 8, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025