In The City Chords by The Jam

In The City Chords

by The Jam

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to keep the flow of the song and also added the chords used to make it easier to play.   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.

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