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Cities Chords by Talking Heads

Cities chords by Talking Heads

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
F#m
Em

Bm G Bm
Bm G Bm

Verse 1:
D                D
 Think of London, small city
D     D
 Dark, dark in the daytime
D             D
 People sleep, sleep in the daytime
D                D
 If they want to, if they want to
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Hook:
C#                      C#
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out
D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out
G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points
F                     F
 But it all works out, though I'm a little freaked out I’ll
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm
       I will
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Verse 2:
D                  D
 Lot of rich people in Birmingham
D             D
 Lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
D                D
 Look over there! Dry ice factory
D              D
 Good place to get some thinking done

Hook:
C#                      C#
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out
D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there’s
G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points
F                     F
 But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out I’ll
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm
       I will
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Instrumental break:
D (x8)

Hook:
C#                      C#
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out
D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there’s
G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points
F                     F
 But it all works out, sometimes I'm a little freaked out I’ll
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm
       I will
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Help me

Verse 3:
D                        D
 Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis
D                 D
 Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
D           D
 Do I smell? I smell home cooking
D                  D
It's only the river, it's only the river

Hook:
C#                      C#
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out
D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there’s
G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points
F                     F
 But it all works out, sometimes I'm a little freaked out I’ll
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm
       I will
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm
       I will
F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm

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