Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Verse 1:
C majorC FF
Oh, I love this city, everybody's got a song
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
It's like a secret we were always meant to share
C majorC FF
From the church on every corner to the Broadway honky tonks
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
We've got a million songs that mingle in the air
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, I love this city
Verse 2:
C majorC FF
Well, the bus rolled into Nashville, it parked on holy ground
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
Beside the red brick of the Mother church of country
C majorC FF
For a hundred years the hardwood here's been soaking up the sound
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
And now the stage it feels a secret as a Sunday
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, I love this city
C majorC
Everybody's got a song
FF G+G
Everybody's got a song
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, it sounds so pretty
C majorC FF C majorC FF
When everybody sings along
Verse 3:
C majorC FF
We've been gone a couple of weeks now out playing for the crowds
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
Sometimes they're looking back as if they know me well
C majorC FF
But tonight I know my family and my friends are in the house
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
And we just need the story only you can tell
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, I love this city
C majorC
Everybody's got a song
FF G+G
Everybody's got a song
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, it sounds so pretty
C majorC
When everybody sings along
Bridge:
G+G FF A minorAm
Well there's a dark night in the skyline, we've got cattle in the fields
C majorC FF
And we've got parthenons and puppet shows and poets
G+G FF A minorAm
And when the river is in flood with all the sorrow that you feel
C majorC FF G+G
Well, we've got just the song you need and I think you know it
Verse 4:
C majorC FF
It's a song that came before us, it's gonna be here when we're gone
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
Sometimes I think I hear it drifting on the wind
C majorC FF
And it tells me there is a city where the band plays on and on
C majorC A minorAm G+G FF
And every soul is gonna sing the last 'Amen'
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, I love that city
C majorC
Everybody's got a song
FF G+G
Everybody's got a song
A minorAm G+G
And, oh, it sounds so pretty
C majorC FF C majorC FF
When everybody sings along
Outro:
C majorC G+G
It is well, it is well
G+G C majorC
With my soul, with my soul
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
It is well, it is well with my soul