City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.
INTRO: Ab5 C#5 Eb5 Ab5
#1.
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The bright array of city lights as far
as I can see..
Eb5
The Great White Way shines through the
Ab5
night, for lonely guys like me.
#2.
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The cabarets and honky tonks, their
C#5 Eb5
flashing signs invite..a broken heart to
Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5
lose itself, in the glow of city lights.
CHORUS:
Eb5 Ab5
Lights that say, forget her name, in a glass
of sherry wine.
Eb5 Ab5
Lights that offer other girls, are empty
hearts like mine.
#3.
Ab5 C#5
They paint a pretty picture, of a world that's
gay and bright.
Eb5
But it's just a mask for loneliness..behind
Ab5 C#5 Ab5
those city lights.
(INTERLUDE:) Eb5 Ab5 C#5 Ab5
CHORUS:
Eb5
The lights that say, forget her love, in a
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different atmosphere.
Eb5 Ab5
The lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade
for tears.
#4.
Ab5 C#5
They paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't
hold them tight.
Eb5
And I just can't say, I love you, to a street
Ab5
of city lights.
OUTRO:
C#5 Ab5
City lights..
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.