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DAYLIGHT IN THE CITY - Strata
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Tabbed by: Jason Scott
Email: frknn34@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
1ST VERSE (Let each chord ring once, followed by individual notes)
It's the start of a bright new day / as the light finds its way through
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D|---------------11----------------------------11--------------11----------|
A|---------------11---------------11---------------------------11----------|
E|---------------9---------------------------------------------8-----------|
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the curtains / at the end of my night / I'm alive in a city of dead
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D|---------------------------------11-----------9----------------------|
A|-----------------------11---------------------9-----------------9----|
E|----------------------------------------------7----------------------|
people rising for work / And as they ride through the cycle, the
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G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------9----------4---------4--------------11--------------------------|
A|-------------------4----4-------------------11--------------------------|
E|-------------------2------------------------9---------------------------|
machine revving up, / I feel a little suicidal, just not high enough to
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D|-----------------11-------------11---------------------------------------|
A|----11--------------------------11-----------------------11--------------|
E|--------------------------------8----------------------------------------|
jump / Oh who am I kidding now? / My plan to die young, somehow is just a
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D|-11---------------9------------------------------------------9-------------|
A|------------------9---------------------------9----------------------------|
E|------------------7--------------------------------------------------------|
memory / is just a memory.
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-4-----------------------4--|
A|-4------------------4-------|
E|-2--------------------------|
CHORUS (play open)
It's daylight, in the city, "Just hold me," she said. It's been a long
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G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
A|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
E|------9----------------8-----------7-------------2-----------------9----|
night, in the city. "Just hold me. Hold me..."
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
A|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
E|---------------8-----------7--------2-----------|
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-11----11----9----4-|
A|-11----11----9----4-|
E|-9-----8-----7----2-|
2ND VERSE (Strum at least four per measure)
I had an old friend who said I should run / like today is the last of my
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D|----------11---------------------------------------------------11---------|
A|----------11---------------------------------------------------11---------|
E|----------9----------------------------------------------------8----------|
sick, sorry little life / And as I stared into my own eyes in the mirror
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D|------------------------------------9-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------9-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------7-------------------------------------|
by my bed, / that's when I realized nobody ever told me that, / I'm just
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D|----------------------------4---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------4---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------2---------------------------------------------|
afraid of dying.
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B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
CHORUS (Play open)
It's daylight, in the city, "Just hold me," she said. It's been a long
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G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
A|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
E|------9----------------8-----------7-------------2-----------------9----|
night, in the city. "Just hold me. Hold me..."
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
A|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
E|---------------8-----------7--------2-----------|
BRIDGE PART I (Play each chord once)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-11----9----4----9----11----9----4----9-|
A|-11----9----4----9----11----9----4----9-|
E|-9-----7----2----7----9-----7----2----7-|
BRIDGE PART II (Play four per measure)
She told me everything is gonna be all right / It’s been a long night /
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D|-------------11------------11----------9-------------4-------------------|
A|-------------11------------11----------9-------------4-------------------|
E|-------------9-------------8-----------7-------------2-------------------|
Everything is gonna be just fine.
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-11------------11------------9--------4-|
A|-11------------11------------9--------4-|
E|-9-------------8-------------7--------2-|
CHORUS (Play open)
It's daylight, in the city, "Just hold me," she said. It's been a long
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B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
A|------11---------------11----------9-------------4-----------------11---|
E|------9----------------8-----------7-------------2-----------------9----|
night, in the city. "Just hold me. Hold me..."
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
A|---------------11----------9--------4-----------|
E|---------------8-----------7--------2-----------|
Play the Chorus until the end (end when you feel like it)
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