• Song:

    City Lights

  • Artist:

    Ivory Joe Hunter

City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.

INTRO: Ab C# Eb Ab

#1.
Ab                                 C#
The bright array of city lights as far 

as I can see..
    Eb7
The Great White Way shines through the 
           Ab
night, for lonely guys like me.

#2.
Ab
The cabarets and honky tonks, their 
C#                       Eb
flashing signs invite..a broken heart to 
                    Eb7          Ab    C# Ab
lose itself, in the glow of city lights.

CHORUS:
Eb                                     Ab
Lights that say, forget her name, in a glass 

of sherry wine.
Eb                                 Ab
Lights that offer other girls, are empty 

hearts like mine.

#3.
Ab                                C#
They paint a pretty picture, of a world that's 

gay and bright.
         Eb
But it's just a mask for loneliness..behind 
           Ab     C# Ab
those city lights.


(INTERLUDE:) Eb Ab C# Ab

CHORUS:
    Eb
The lights that say, forget her love, in a 
Ab
different atmosphere.
    Eb                                  Ab
The lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade 

for tears.

#4.
Ab                                  C#
They paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't 

hold them tight.
      Eb
And I just can't say, I love you, to a street 
        Ab
of city lights.

OUTRO:
C#   Ab
City lights..


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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