Standard Tuning Capo on 3rd fret C5 A5 E5 G5 D5 | ---0-------0--------0-------1-------2 | | ---1-------1--------0-------0-------3 | | ---0-------2--------0-------0-------2 | | ---2-------2--------2-------0-------0 | | ---3-------0--------2-------2-------0 | | --------------------0-------3-------- | Intro: C5 A5 E5 C5 A5 Language City is a bad, old place E5 We all know C5 A5 Where eyeballs float in space E5 We all know A5 E5 We're tired, we can't sleep A5 E5 It's crowded here, none of us leave C5 G5 E5 Language City don't mean a thing to me C5 G5 A5 E5 Audiences, the same program is always on C5 G5 A5 E5 When I interfere, it's best to avoid the law A5 E5 When your wife wakes up and sees A5 E5 Shut the blinds and block out the street C5 G5 E5 Language City don't mean a thing to me G5 All this working D5 E5 C5 E5 C5 Just to tear it down G5 All this working D5 E5 C5 E5 C5 Just to tear it down C5 G5 A5 Language City is a bad, old place E5 We all know C5 G5 A5 Eyeballs float in space E5 We all know A5 E5 We're tired, we can't sleep A5 E5 It's crowded in the street C5 G5 E5 Language City don't mean a thing to me C5 A5 E5 I been here so long my heart is a parking lot C5 A5 E5 Hollow feet rooted to the spot A5 E5 But the fields are beyond belief A5 E5 From the tower out to where I can see C5 G5 E5 Language City don't mean a thing to me G5 All this working D5 E5 C5 E5 C5 Just to tear it down G5 All this working D5 E5 C5 E5 C5 Just to tear it down Bridge: G5 D5 G5 On the telephone G5 On the telephone G5 On the telephone D5 Someone's counting the hours G5 In a paper room G5 In a paper room G5 In a paper room D5 Somebody's counting the hours G5 Now I know it's true G5 From above this room D5 Somebody's counting the hours D5 The hours D5 The hours D G (Let it ring then palm mute) The houuuuurs (Bass solo) Oh the long bitter road Let us down (Come in gradually) Oh the ringing telephone E5 G5 C5 A5 There's no one around G5 We are not at home C5 We are not at home C5 We are not at home E5 We are not at home G5 We are not at home C5 A5 We are not at home G5 We are not at home C5 We are not at home C5 We are not at home E5 We are not at home G5 We are not at home C5 A5 We are not at home G5 Hang on the telephone C5 Hang on the telephone C5 Hang on the telephone E5 G5 C5 A5 G5 Hang on the telephone