City Boy chords by Fun Lovin Criminals

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Verse 1:
   E minorEm             G+G
Like Magellan we was over by my man catchin' paper
BB
Frankie on the cubes and fisty on the sabre
   E minorEm       G+G
I was on the mix mad drinkin' that is
    BB
When I found all these locals all up in my biz
   E minorEm                G+G
See I had to do some splainin cause the language they was playin'
    BB
Wasn't NewYorkese or for that Spanglish even
 E minorEm             G+G
I went up to the man with the largest of hands
   BB
Cold briefed him on the plan, turned around and sang...

🎸 Chorus:
   E minorEm      G+G
I'm a city boy, baby
    BB
(He's a city boy baby)
     E minorEm        G+G
Don't you ever try to play me
      BB
(Don't you ever try to play him)
      E minorEm     G+G
Sometimes I act real crazy
       BB
(Sometimes he act real crazy)
     E minorEm      G+G  BB
But I'm a city boy, baby
    BB
(He's a city boy baby)


🎸 Verse 2:
       E minorEm             G+G
You know they always like a story down on flatbush ave
 BB
I remembered when I listened and we stole what we had
    E minorEm          G+G
And if America's a tit then New York is the nipple
  BB
So suck on this and you may learn a little
     E minorEm               G+G
See, the golden rule's for fools or for men who are righteous
  BB
So play the cards you're dealt and maybe you might just
E minorEm         G+G
Slide on by with no damage to your pride
  BB
Let ignorance be your guide


🎸 Chorus:
   E minorEm      G+G
I'm a city boy, baby
    BB
(He's a city boy baby)
     E minorEm        G+G
Don't you ever try to play me
      BB
(Don't you ever try to play him)
      E minorEm     G+G
Sometimes I act real crazy
       BB
(Sometimes he act real crazy)
     E minorEm      G+G  BB
But I'm a city boy, baby
    BB
(He's a city boy baby)