Chords with lyrics
Verse:
C majorC G+G FF
I grew up on the sly
E minorEm A minorAm FF
In the gutters and the streets of Petersburg
C majorC G+G FF
Just a kid on the fly
E minorEm C majorC
Getting good at getting by
A#A#
In Petersburg
Verse:
A augmentedA
I've bartered for a blanket
D MajorD
Stolen for my bread
F# minorF#m
Learned to take my chances
A augmentedA D MajorD
And use my head
A augmentedA
A majorA Russian rat is clever
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m BB
Clever or he ends up dead
Chorus:
N.C
Boils down to
D MajorD
There are some
C# minorC#m
Who survive, some who don’t
B minorBm
Some give up
F# minorF#m
Some give in, me, I won’t
E MajorE
Black and blue
D MajorD
Welcome to
My Petersburg
Instrumental:
A augmentedA D MajorD C majorC FF
Verse:
C majorC FF
Standing here you can see
E minorEm A minorAm A#A#
From the spires to the piers of Petersburg
C majorC FF
I'd be down on that quay
E minorEm A minorAm A#A#
Selling stolen souvenirs of Petersburg
Verse:
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The palaces above
D MajorD
And alleyways below
F# minorF#m
Funny when a city
D MajorD
Is all you know
A augmentedA
How even when you hate it
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m BB
Something in you loves it so
Chorus:
D MajorD
That's where I learned my stuff
C# minorC#m
In some rough company
B minorBm F# minorF#m
There's a boy growing up, who was me
E MajorE D MajorD
All I've been
E MajorE
All I'll be
Bridge:
D#D#
We can do what we're told
DmDm
We can go where we're lead
G minorGm C minorCm FF
But I learned from my father to see what's ahead
C majorC
Nothing here to hold me
G+G
No one that I owe
C majorC G+G
Funny how a boy can grow
D MajorD A augmentedA BB
Funny how a city tells you when it's time to go
Chorus:
N.C.
Boils down to
D MajorD
There are some
C# minorC#m
Who have walls yet to climb
B minorBm
You and I
F# minorF#m
On the fly, just in time
B minorBm
But tonight
D MajorD
There’s a sky
C# minorC#m F#F#
And quite a view
B minorBm C# minorC#m A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Welcome to
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA