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City Song

Lindisfarne

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:44:56 GMT
From: Malc Brookes 
Subject: l/lindisfarne/city_song.crd

City Song by Lindisfarne
>From the album Fog On The Tyne
Submitted by Malc Brookes 

Tuning:
Standard, EADGBE.

Chords:
A(v)  577655
A7    575685
A6    575675
Bm7   x24232
Bm7/A x04435
Amaj7 x02120
Dm    x57765

Intro (play twice):
A(v) / / A7 A6 A(v) D / G / /

Verse:
A(v)                A7  A6 A(v)  D                  G   / / /
City streets, I see your lies, I will not play your game,

A(v)               A7  A6 A(v)     D                 G   /
No longer will you talk to me, you think I'm going insane,

    A(v)              A7  A6 A(v)       D            G   /
But I've forgotten my number now, I'm remembering my name.

          Bm7                         E     Esus4 E
I've been too long travelling on your train.

Verse:
You tried your best to strangle me, but I could take the pain,
You tried to hypnotise me, but I see right through your game,
And now your tatty tricks to me seem really rather tame,
I've been too long travelling on your train.

Chorus:
Amaj7                         Bm7/A
City lights don't shine, they glare

         Amaj7                   Bm7/A
And your music doesn't speak, it swears,

Dm                      C             G
And in your streets the girls have forgotten why they're there.

Repeat intro:

Verse:
Someday soon I know I'm going miles and miles away,
Back to the garden where the magic children play,
And to the country lady who knows more than I can say,
Whose night shines brighter than your day.

Chorus:
City lights don't shine, they glare
And your music doesn't speak, it swears,
And in your streets the girls have forgotten why they're there.

A... (repeat to fade).