Tabbed by Joel E5 D5 C5 E5 D5 C5 This city never sleeps E5 D5 C5 I hear the people walk by when it's late E5 D5 C5 Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes E5 D5 C5 Don't control what I'm into E5 D5 C5 This tower is alive E5 D5 C5 The lights that blind keep me awake E5 D5 C5 With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind E5 D5 C5 Don't control what I'm into C5 * D5 * E5 * G5 London calls me a stranger, a traveller C5 * D5 * G5 This is now my home, my home E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat, E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street C5 * And what I do isn't up to you, D5 * And if the city never sleeps then that makes two E5 D5 C5 The pavement is my friend E5 D5 C5 It will take me where I need to go E5 D5 C5 I find it trips me up, and puts me down E5 D5 C5 This is not what I?m used to E5 D5 C5 The shop across the road E5 D5 C5 Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it E5 D5 C5 Voices speak through my walls, I don?t think I?m gonna make it E5 D5 C5 Past tomorrow C5 * D5 * E5 * G5 London calls me a stranger, a traveller C5 * D5 * G5 This is now my home, my home E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat, E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street C5 * And what I do isn't up to you, D5 * And if the city never sleeps then that makes two C5 * D5 * And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled, E5 * G5 With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head C5 * D5 * Do I need this, to keep me alive G5 The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along E5 I?m from a city where the rain won?t cease D5 C5 Pollution in the air matches that on the street E5 The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like D5 C5 Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like E5 I was a country boy when I moved out D5 C5 Grew up too fast for my family to find out E5 Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives D5 C5 Can?t resort to arrogance with white lies E5 This city won?t erase me D5 C5 But I can?t help to see how this dark city changed me E5 It?s all the same scene, music is my life D5 C5 But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from E5 North, South, East, West, D5 C5 London?s my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down E5 Now I start to do my music properly D5 C5 And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me C5 * D5 * E5 * G5 London calls me a stranger, a traveller C5 * D5 * G5 This is now my home, my home E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat, E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street C5 * And what I do isn't up to you, D5 * And if the city never sleeps then that makes two E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat, E5 D5 C5 Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street C5 * And what I do isn't up to you, D5 * E5 And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
