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City Lights by Mickey Gilley

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City Lights:Mickey Gilley.
#1 BB Hot Country on Playboy
Records in 1976.

INTRO: Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G

#1.
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramA augmentedA bright array of city lights, as far as

I can see.
   Chord diagramD MajorD
The 'Great White Way' shines through the night,
  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD
on lonely guys like me.
  Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC
The cabaret's and honky tonks, their flashing

signs and lights.
  Chord diagramD MajorD
The broken heart can lose itself in the glow
    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
of city lights.

#2.
Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD
Lights that say forget her now, in a glass of
    Chord diagramG+G
sherry wine.
Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD
Lights that offer other girls, for empty hearts
   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
like mine..they paint a pretty picture, of a
Chord diagramC majorC
world that's gay and bright.
     Chord diagramD MajorD
And it's just a mask for loneliness, behind
      Chord diagramG+G
those city lights.


INTERLUDE: Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramE minor 7Em7

#3.
  Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC
The world was dark, God made the stars to brighten

up the night.
    Chord diagramD MajorD
But the God who put those stars above, I don't
 Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD
believe he made those lights.
   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC
It's just a place for me to cry, when things don't

turn out right.
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Just a place to run away and hide, behind those
   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G
city lights.

#4.
Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramAm7Am7    Chord diagramG+G
Lights that say, forget her love, in a different

atmosphere.
Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for
Chord diagramG+G
tears.
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramC majorC
They paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't hold

you tight.
   Chord diagramD MajorD
And I just can't say that I love you to a street of
   Chord diagramG+G
city lights.

OUTRO:
   Chord diagramD MajorD
No, I just can't say that I love you, to a street of
   Chord diagramG+G
city lights.


Chord diagramA augmentedA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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