The City chords by Ed Sheeran

Chords with lyrics

Key:           G+G

Tuning: D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE

Intro:

E MajorE|-------x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------|
BB|-------x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------|
G+G|-------x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------|
D MajorD|-0-2---x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------| (2x)
A augmentedA|-0-2---x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------|
D MajorD|-0-2---x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x-x-----------|

E minorEm D MajorD C majorC

E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------- ------- -------5------------3------------------------------|
G+G|-----7-------7-------7--------------5------------------------------|
D MajorD|---7-------7-------7---------- 5-----------------------------------| (8x)
A augmentedA|-7-------7-------5-----------3---3---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E minorEm       D MajorD   C majorC
 This city never sleeps
E minorEm                 D MajorD   C majorC
 I hear the people walk by when it's late
E minorEm                   D MajorD   C majorC
Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes
E minorEm            D MajorD   C majorC
Don't control what I'm into

E minorEm       D MajorD   C majorC
This tower is alive
E minorEm               D MajorD   C majorC
The lights that blind keep me awake
E minorEm               D MajorD   C majorC
With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind
E minorEm            D MajorD   C majorC
Don't control what I'm into

C majorC     D MajorD         E minorEm     G+G
  London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C majorC     D MajorD      G+G    G+G
  This is now my home, my home

E minorEm   D MajorD      C majorC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
  C majorC
And what I do isn't up to you,
      D MajorD
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

E minorEm        D MajorD   C majorC
The pavement is my friend
E minorEm                D MajorD   C majorC
 It will take me where I need to go
E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
I find it trips me up, and puts me down
E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
This is not what I?m used to

E minorEm          D MajorD   C majorC
 The shop across the road
E minorEm                 D MajorD   C majorC
  Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it
E minorEm              D MajorD       C majorC
Voices speak through my walls, I don?t think I?m gonna make it
E minorEm     D MajorD   C majorC
Past tomorrow

C majorC     D MajorD         E minorEm     G+G
  London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C majorC     D MajorD      G+G    G+G
  This is now my home, my home

E minorEm   D MajorD      C majorC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
  C majorC
And what I do isn't up to you,
      D MajorD
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

C majorC          D MajorD
  And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,
E minorEm                G+G
 With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head
C majorC        D MajorD
 Do I need this, to keep me alive
G+G
The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along

E minorEm
I?m from a city where the rain won?t cease
 D MajorD             C majorC
Pollution in the air matches that on the street
   E minorEm
The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like
D MajorD        C majorC
Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like
E minorEm
 I was a country boy when I moved out
D MajorD           C majorC
Grew up too fast for my family to find out
E minorEm
Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives
D MajorD               C majorC
Can?t resort to arrogance with white lies
E minorEm
 This city won?t erase me
  D MajorD              C majorC
But I can?t help to see how this dark city changed me
E minorEm
It?s all the same scene, music is my life
  D MajorD          C majorC
But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from
E minorEm
 North, South, East, West,
      D MajorD           C majorC
London?s my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down
E minorEm
Now I start to do my music properly
  D MajorD           C majorC
And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me
C majorC     D MajorD         E minorEm     G+G
  London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C majorC     D MajorD      G+G    G+G
  This is now my home, my home
E minorEm   D MajorD      C majorC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
  C majorC
And what I do isn't up to you,
      D MajorD
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
E minorEm   D MajorD      C majorC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
  C majorC
And what I do isn't up to you,
      D MajorD                   E minorEm

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