• Song:

    City On The Hill

  • Artist:

    Casting Crowns

  • Album:

    Come To The Well

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The chords are (positions relative to the capo):

         B5          D5 *         C5         E5         G5          D5
(e) ----- 2 -------- 2 -------- 0 -------- 0 -------- 2 -------- 2 ----
(B) ----- 3 -------- 3 -------- 2 -------- 3 -------- 2 -------- 3 ----
(G) ----- 4 -------- 2 -------- 2 -------- 0 -------- 0 -------- 2 ----
(D) ----- 4 -------- 4 -------- 2 -------- 2 -------- 0 -------- 0 ----
(A) ----- 2 -------- 5--------- 0 -------- 2 -------- 3 -------- X ----
(E) ----- X -------- X -------- X -------- 0 -------- 2 -------- X ----

The introduction and the verses go like this:


(e) -----------2-----------2----------0--------------------------------- | 
(B) --------3------------3---------2---2-----------------3-------3------ | 
(G) ---- 4-- ---------2----------2-------2-------------0-------0-------- | 
(D) -------------------------------------------------2-------2---------- | 
(A) --2 ----------5-----------0----------------------------------------- | 
(E) ----------------------------------------------0--------------------- | 


Verse 1:

B5                                            D5 *
Did you hear of the city on the hill?
C5                                                              E5
Said one old man to the other
B5                                                               D5 *
It once shined bright and it would be shining still
C5                                                            E5
But they all started turning on each other

Verse 2:

B5                                                          D5 *
You see, the poets thought the dancers were shallow
C5                                                           E5
And the soldiers thought the poets were weak
B5                                                               D5 *
And the elders saw the young ones as foolish
C5                                                              E5
And the rich man never heard the poor man speak

Chorus:

G5
And one by one
D5
They ran away
C5
With their made up minds
E5
To leave it all behind
G5                  D5
And the light began to fade
C5
In the city on the hill
C5
The city on the hill

Verse 3:

B5                                                           D5 *
Each one thought that they knew better
C5                                                             E5
That they were different by design
B5                                                             D5 *
Instead of standing strong together
C5                                                             E5
They let their differences divide

Chorus:

G5
And one by one
D5
They ran away
C5
With their made up minds
E5
To leave it all behind
G5                  D5
And the light began to fade
C5
In the city on the hill
C5
The city on the hill
Passage:

B5   D5 *   C5     E5
                And the world is searching still
B5   D5 *   C5

Bridge:

G5
But it was the rhythm of the dancers
That gave the poets life
D5
It was the spirit of the poets
C5
That gave the soldiers strength to fight
G5
It was the fire of the young ones
B5
It was the wisdom of the old
C5
It was the story of the poor man
That needed to be told

Ending:

B5        D5 *      C5
                Come home
E5
And the Father's calling still
B5      D5 *      C5
                Come home
E5
To the city on the hill
B5      D5 *      C5
                Come home
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