We Built This City Chords

Tune down a halfstep, or transpose down 1 halfstep (button on left) for original key, or just play
whatever key your vocalist prefers (best).
 
 
    A                   E/G#               E   E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#                        A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
 
Interlude: ( E A /G# /F#  E A  B/D# E  ) x2
 
 E                          A/E              D/E                    B/E       E
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face, say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
 E                        A/E                   D/E      B/E       E                 B/D#
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight, too many runaways eating up the night
 
    C#m            A/C#   E/B              B               E  A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
     E         A    /G# /F#     E          A        E  B/D# C#m
We built this city,         we built this city on rock and  roll
 
    A                   E/G#               E   E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#               B   E/G# A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
 
Interlude: ( E A /G# /F#  E A  B/D# E  )
 
 E                        A/E                 D/E                       B/E      E
Someone's always playing, corporation games, who cares they're always changing, corporation names
 E                           A/E                          D/E          B/E         E                 B/D#
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage, they call us irresponsible, write us off the page
 
    C#m            A/C#   E/B              B               E  A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
     E         A    /G# /F#     E          A        E  B/D# C#m
We built this city,         we built this city on rock and  roll
 
    A                   E/G#               E   E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#               B   E/G# A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
 
Solo: A
 
           E/G#    A   E/G# B/D# E      E/G#         A  E/G# B/D# E
It's just another Sunday,          in a tired old street
           E/G#        A        E/G# B/D# E  E/G# A    E/G#     B/D#  E
Police have got the choke hold, oh,                 but we just lost the beat
 
 E                   A/E                   D/E                    B/E      E
Who counts the money, underneath the bar?  who rides the wrecking ball, into our guitars?
       E                        A/E                        D/E         B/E      E                        B/D#
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're just simple fools, looking for America, crawling through your schools
 
      C#m                                                A/C#
"I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge, out on a gorgeous sunny Saturday
         E/B                                   B             E    A      E
 and I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic"    don't you remember (remember)?
             A                      /G# /F#
Here's your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city
     E          A                                    E  B/D#
The city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never [sleeps]
 
    C#m            A/C#   E/B              B               E  A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
     E         A    /G# /F#     E          A        E  B/D# C#m
We built this city,         we built this city on rock and  roll
 
    A                   E/G#               E   E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#              E  B/D# C#m
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#              E/F# E/G#
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
  A                  E/G#               B   E/G# A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
 
 A
We built, we built this city, built this city, We built, we built this city
 
 
chords:
 
  E A/E D/E B/E E   C#m A/C# E/B B B/D# E/G# E/F#
e-0---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0--2---3---4--5-|--5---2----0--4--4----0----0---------------------------------------------
G-1--2---2---4--4-|--6---2----1--4--4----1----1---------------------------------------------
D-2--2---4---4--6-|--6---2----2--4--4----2----2---------------------------------------------
A-2---------------|--4---4----2--2--6-------------------------------------------------------
E-0--0---0---0--0-|----------------------4----2---------------------------------------------
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