The City

Em  7-7-9-9-8-7
D   5-5-7-7-7-5
C   3-3-5-5-5-3
C*  0-3-2-0-1-3
D*  0-5-4-0-2-5
Em* 7-7-5-0-0-7
G   3-5-5-4-3-3


[Intro]

Em D C


[Verse 1]

Em             D     C
 This city never sleeps
Em                                
 I hear the people walk by when 
  D     C
it's late
Em                                
Sirens bleed through my window 
     D     C
sill, I can't close my eyes
Em                       D     C
Don't control what I'm into
Em              D     C
This tower is alive
Em                              D
The lights that blind keep me 
     C
awake
Em                              D
With my hood up and lace untied, 
     C
sleep fills my mind
Em                       D     C
Don't control what I'm into


[Hook]

C*         D*                 
   London calls me a stranger,
Em*         G
 a traveller
C*         D*          G
   This is now my home, my home
Em     D            C
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back 
streets
Em        D     C
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the 
back seat,
Em              D         C
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the 
street
    C*
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D*
And if the city never sleeps then 
that makes two


[Verse 2]

Em                D     C
The pavement is my friend
Continues after the ad
Em                                
  It will take me where I need to 
D     C
go
Em                    D     C
I find it trips me up, and puts me 
down
Em                    D     C
This is not what I’m used to
Em                   D     C
  The shop across the road
Em                              
   Fulfills my needs and gives me 
   D     C
company, when I need it
Em                            D  
Voices speak through my walls, I 
           C
don’t think I’m gonna make it
Em         D     C
Past tomorrow


[Hook]

C*         D*                 
   London calls me a stranger,
Em*         G
 a traveller
C*         D*          G
   This is now my home, my home
Em     D            C
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back 
streets
Em        D     C
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the 
back seat,
Em              D         C
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the 
street
    C*
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D*
And if the city never sleeps then 
that makes two


[Bridge]

C*                  D*
   And my lungs hurt, And my ears 
bled,
Em*                               
  With the sound of the city life, 
G
echoed in my head
C*               D*
  Do I need this, to keep me alive
G
The traffic stops and starts but I 
need to move along


[Verse 3]

Em
I’m from a city where the rain won’t
 cease
  D                          C
Pollution in the air matches that on
 the street
     Em
The black smoke gets you head into a
 muddle, like
D               C
Walking into elephant syringes in 
the puddle, like
Em
  I was a country boy when I moved 
out
D                     C
Grew up too fast for my family to 
find out
Em
Now I try to stop my music running 
into nosedives
D                              C
Can’t resort to arrogance with white
 lies
Em
  This city won’t erase me
    D                           
But I can’t help to see how this 
 C
dark city changed me
Em
It’s all the same scene, music is my
 life
   D                   C
But I try to fight whatever I need 
to hide from
Em
  North, South, East, West,
            D                     
London’s my home now, knees weak, 
C
but we never slow down
Em
Now I start to do my music properly
    D                     C
And stay from all the negative shit 
that will follow me


[Hook]

C*         D*                 
   London calls me a stranger,
Em*         G
 a traveller
C*         D*          G
   This is now my home, my home
Em     D            C
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back 
streets
Em        D     C
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the 
back seat,
Em              D         C
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the 
street
    C*
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D*
And if the city never sleeps then 
that makes two


[Other]

Em     D            C
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back 
streets
Em        D     C
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the 
back seat,
Em              D         C
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the 
street
    C*
And what I do isn't up to you,
           D*                    
And if the city never sleeps then 
                 Em
that makes two