In The City chords by Milton

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

Intro:

G  Am7  G  Am7
G  Am7  G  Am7


Verse 1:
        G
Well we closed down, at the hoedown
        Am7
An easy takedown, without a breakdown
           G
Packed the band up, we filled the van up
            Am7
We had some hours left to kill
         G
I hadn't planned it
                          Am7
But I was stranded in the old hood
Am7
Up to no good
           G
Clubs were sold out, and it was cold out
      Am7                       G  Am7  G  Am7
And I don't like standing still

Verse 2:
         G                            Am7
Well the East side is the B-side to a sad song
Am7
It's not a bad song
              G
But it's been left stacked by the junk racks
              Am7
Of the thrift store on the floor
        G
And the snide talk, on the sidewalk
           Am7                                     G
Of the hip folks and their hip jokes and their hip clothes
                           Am7
When the wind blows, fade away
Am7
Forevermore


Chorus:
C                 Am7                  G
 Some say it's not the place they knew
                      Em
Now that may be sadly true
C                 Am7
 I'm so glad to be walking around
           G  D
In the city


Verse 3:
        G
Down on Stanton
G
Kids are ranting
             Am7
About a juke show, that I don't know
          G
While the stellar fortune teller
          Am7
Waves her cards across the street
       G
And my eyes glance at the short pants
       Am7
On the big-shots, dressed like robots
           G
With their straight 'dos, and their space shoes
          Am7
Sparkling silver on their feet


Chorus:
C              Am7
 I'll never get the whole bit down
G
 But it's not my turf anymore
         Em7
And it's not my town
         C              Am7
Still I'm so glad to be walking around
Am7         D7
In the city


Instrumental Break:
G  Am7  G  Am7
G  Am7  G  Am7


Chorus:
C
 I've walked down these streets
Am7
 Since I was 10
G                                 Em7
 But somehow tonight they're new again
          C                 Am7
Again I - I'm so glad to be walking around
           G  D
In the city


Bridge:
         G
With the lamplight, and the clothes shops
        Am7
And the banjos, and the boombox
        G
And the headbands, and the trashcans
        Am7
And the trombones, and the calzones
        G
And the movies, and the dive bars
        Am7
And the skateboards, and the old cars
        G
And the old men, and the young girls
        Am7
And the dreadlocks, and the side curls
             G
And the gold teeth, and the fake pearls
        Am7
And the tellers, and the sellers
        G
And the church saints, and the spray paint
        Am7
And the tacos, and the wackos
        G
And the Warhols, and the Lou Reeds
              Am7
And the fresh fruit, and the bad seeds
            G
And the speakers, and the headphones
        Am7
Down on Bleaker, down on Great Jones
         G
With the curry, and the red beans
           Am7
And the junkies, and the drag queens
          G
And the bebop and the hip-hop
        Am7
And the punk rock, and the street talk
         G
On every paved inch, on every park bench
         Am7
On every tree branch, on every dude ranch
         G
On every gumwad on every hotrod
N.C.
On every anarchist parade
N.C.
It makes me glad


Outro:
G           Am7
I'm so glad
G           Am7
I'm so glad
G           Am7
I'm so glad
G           Am7
I'm so glad
G  Am7  G  Am7
G  Am7  G  Am7  G