• Song:

    The City

  • Artist:

    Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran - The City

Tabbed by Joel. Email me at skymooster@gmail.com .

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Chord Diagrams
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

Em D C

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)This city never sleeps

Em (022000@1)                                D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)I hear the people walk by when it's late

Em (022000@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)   CSirens (x32010@1)bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes

Em (022000@1)                     D (xx0232@1)   CDon't (x32010@1)control what I'm into

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)   CThis (x32010@1)tower is alive

Em (022000@1)                            D (xx0232@1)   CThe (x32010@1)lights that blind keep me awake

Em (022000@1)                            D (xx0232@1)   CWith (x32010@1)my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind

Em (022000@1)                     D (xx0232@1)   CDon't (x32010@1)control what I'm into

C*         D*                 Em*         G (320003@1)  London calls me a stranger, a traveller

C*         D*          G (320003@1)  This is now my home, my home

Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)          COh, (x32010@1)oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)   COh, (x32010@1)oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       COh, (x32010@1)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

Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)   CThe (x32010@1)pavement is my friend

Em (022000@1)                              D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1) It will take me where I need to go

Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)   CI (x32010@1)find it trips me up, and puts me down

Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)   CThis (x32010@1)is not what I'm used to

Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1) The shop across the road

Em (022000@1)                               D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)  Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it

Em (022000@1)                          D (xx0232@1)           CVoices (x32010@1)speak through my walls, I don't think I'm gonna make it

Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)   CPast (x32010@1)tomorrow

C*         D*                 Em*         G (320003@1)  London calls me a stranger, a traveller

C*         D*          G (320003@1)  This is now my home, my home

Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)          COh, (x32010@1)oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)   COh, (x32010@1)oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       COh, (x32010@1)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

C*                  D*                 
   And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,

Em*                               G (320003@1) With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head

C*               D*          
  Do I need this, to keep me alive

GThe (320003@1)traffic stops and starts but I need to move along

EmI'm (022000@1)from a city where the rain won't cease

D (xx0232@1)                        CPollution (x32010@1)in the air matches that on the street

EmThe (022000@1)black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like

D (xx0232@1)             CWalking (x32010@1)into elephant syringes in the puddle, like

Em (022000@1) I was a country boy when I moved out

D (xx0232@1)                   CGrew (x32010@1)up too fast for my family to find out

EmNow (022000@1)I try to stop my music running into nosedives

D (xx0232@1)                            CCan't (x32010@1)resort to arrogance with white lies

Em (022000@1) This city won't erase me

D (xx0232@1)                          CBut (x32010@1)I can't help to see how this dark city changed me

EmIt's (022000@1)all the same scene, music is my life

D (xx0232@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)I try to fight whatever I need to hide from

Em (022000@1) North, South, East, West,

D (xx0232@1)                   CLondon's (x32010@1)my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down

EmNow (022000@1)I start to do my music properly

D (xx0232@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)stay from all the negative shit that will follow me

C*         D*                 Em*         G (320003@1)  London calls me a stranger, a traveller

C*         D*          G (320003@1)  This is now my home, my home

Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)          COh, (x32010@1)oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)   COh, (x32010@1)oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       COh, (x32010@1)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

Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)          COh, (x32010@1)oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)   COh, (x32010@1)oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       COh, (x32010@1)oh, and I'm blazing on the street

C*
And what I do isn't up to you,

D*                                     EmAnd (022000@1)if the city never sleeps then that makes two
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