City Chords

by Joe Purdy
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author bassbarr [a] 145.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 28, 2020

Chords

G
D
C

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                             The City - Joe Purdy
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Tabbed by:Bassbarr
Email:Seven_Years_Later@hotmail.com
 
 
Tuning: EADGBe standard
chords used
G = 3,5,5,4,3,3
D = x,5,7,7,7,5
C = x,3,5,5,5,3
 
 
e|------3-----3------5-----5------3-----5------5-----5--|
B|------3-----3------7-----7------5-----5------7-----7--|
G|------4-----4------7-----7------5-----5------7-----7--|
D|------5-----5--x-x-7-x-x-7--x-x-5-x-x-5--x-x-7-x-x-7--|
A|--x-x-5-x-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
 
 
Intro
 
G D C D
 
G                 D        C      D
The city keeps on going...on. 
 
G D C D G D C D
 
G                              D
Float down the river with my Iddy and Jay
C                               D
Get off the boat and board a plane to JKF and I,
G                  D
ain't slept a week
     C                             D                G
But it don't seem to matter to the subway speakers, speak (and speak) 
 
D C D
 
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                D
We just keep on rolling
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                 D        G
We just keep on rolling...on.
 
D C D G D C D
 
G                          D
Grand Central Station and got wind they're coming on 
        C                  D
And the goodness yesterday No one round oh
     G                           D
and I still recognize her after all these years
    C                    D      G       D
and she still looks the same
C                        D
Ah, she still looks the same.
 
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                D
We just keep on rolling
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                 D
We just keep on rolling
G       D       C       D
ooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
G          D    C       D
oh and oooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn
 
G                            D
oh and we end up in Brooklyn It was rainin' so hard
C                       D
Come up all day and the rain to clear it off,
   G                            D
Oh we're just people watching on 3rd and St. Marks
C                               D
And when the girl's kissing my face,
G       D       C                       D
my face          She was just kissing my face 
 
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                D
We just keep on rolling
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                 D
We just keep on rolling And again, again... 
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                D
We just keep on rolling
G                 D
The city keeps on going
C                 D
We just keep on rolling
G       D       C       D
ooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
G          D    C       D
oh and oooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn
 
 
G                            D
 Just when I was sick and lonely,
                           C
There was a shaking on the ground 
                        D
We were hiding from the rain
                           G
We were riding on the train 
 
G                            D
 Just when I was sick and lonely,
                           C
There was a shaking on the ground 
                        D
We were hiding from the rain
                           G    D
We were riding on the train 
 
         C               D
She was dancing on the midway 
        G             D
Just kissing my face
          C             D
She was dancing on the midway 
        G            D
Just kissing my face 
     C               D
Dancing on the midway 
   G           D
Kissing my face 
    C              D
Dancing on the midway
 G
Just waving goodbye.
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charlesdilley
Been going to shows and listening to him for 15 years and he is brilliant!... nice tab thank you!
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