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IN THE CITY - THE JAM
Transcribed by Douglas F Shearer (18/04/2003 - 21:45)
All My own Work.
Don`t gently strum the strings on this one - really lay into them !!
CHORDS USED
C - x3555x
B - x2444x
A(5) - x0222x
G - 355433
Em - x7998x
D - x5777x
INTRODUCTION - (C / B / A / G) X 5
G C G
In the city .................. I want to say to you
G C G
But whenever ........................... look a fool
Em Em
I wanna say, I wanna tell you
C
About .......
D
But you turn .........
G C G
In the city ............................ shining bright
G C G
And those ................ under 25
Em Em
They wanna say, they gonna tell ya
C
About ........
D
You better ...............your bit-a
BREAK - (C / B / A / G X 5)
D
And I know ...........
C B A G
You ................. crap
D B
But .......... listen man
C D
Because the kids ............... at
G C G
In the city ....................... uniforms
G C G
And I've heard ....................to kill a man
Em Em
We wanna say, we gonna tell ya
C
About ............
D
And ........................ tried
C/B/A/G
In the city
C/B/A/G
In the city
C/B/A/G
In the city
G C G
In the .............. thousand things I want to say to you
C / B / A / G
The End.
Other versions of this song
- In The City (Bass)
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025