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Hot In The City Chords by Billy Idol

Hot In The City chords by Billy Idol

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C    Am    C  Am   C    Am   C  Am
Stranger
stranger
C    Am    C  Am   C    Am   C  Am
Stranger
stranger



🎸 Verse:
     C           Am     C                 Am         C   Am     C      Am
It's hot here at night, lonely, black and quiet on a hot summer night
      C     Am         C        Am        C   Am     C     Am
Don't be afraid of the world we made on a hot summer night
              G           G/F          G        G/F
'Cause when a long-legged lovely walks by
        G       G/F           G
and you see the look in her eye, then you know that it's

🎸 Chorus:
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C     Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight)
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C     Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight)

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C    Am    C  Am   C    Am   C  Am
Stranger
stranger

🎸 Verse:
            C          Am              C           Am        C   Am     C     Am
For all the dreams and schemes, people are as they seem on a hot summer night
      C     Am            C          Am          C   Am     C       Am
Don't be no fun, don't forget you're young, on a hot summer night
   G        G/F             G    G/F
A 'sometime someone' you're not,
      G       G/F          G              G/F
Don't wait to see what you got, cause you know that you're

🎸 Chorus:
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C        Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight) alright!
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C      Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight)

🎸 Bridge:
G  G6  G7  G6   G  G6  G7  G

      G          G6            G7   G6
We'll walk until my feet drop,
      G          G6            G7   G
I'm a train when I'm hateful
      G         G6           G7   G6
Yeah, lay right down now
    G               G6           G7    G
and ride until your head breaks
      G               G6          G7   G6
I'm a-walkin' 'til my brain pops
       G             G6          G7   G
I will move with the beat now
      G               G6     G7   G6
I'm a chain 'round an A-bomb
      F                          N.C.
I can really feel the heat now - New York!

🎸 Chorus:
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C     Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight)
C      Am        C      Am          C    Am      C     Am
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight      (tonight)


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Published: September 30, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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Billy Idol chords for Hot in the city

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