Intro
B F#/B E/B E/B B F#/B E/B E/B
B F#/B E/B E/B B F#/B E/B E/B
I am the city You let me be I am the city
B B
[Verse 1]
B E
Coming through a cloud you're looking at me from above
B
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
E
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
B
B giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
F# E
And you feel a strange attraction oohh oohh
B
The air is vibrant and electrified
F# B
Welcome to me here I am, my arms are open wide
[Verse 2]
B E
Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
B
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
E
And a million voices blend into a single voice
B
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
F# E
People come and take their chances ooh ooh
B
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
F#
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot
[Chorus]
B F#/B
I'm the street you walk
E/B
The language you talk I am the city
B F#/B
The skyline is is me
E/B
And the energy I am the city
B F#/A# A
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
G#m B
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
E G#m F# D#m E
And the people the air that your breathing is me
Em B
Yes I am the city you let me be
[Verse 3]
B E
People feed me with their lives I am a hungry soul
B
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
E
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
B
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
F# E
Dazzled by the crazy magic ooh ooh
B
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
F#
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh
[Chorus]
B F#/B
I'm the street you walk
E/B
The language you talk I am the city
B F#/B
The skyline is is me
E/B
And the energy I am the city
B B/A# A
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
G#m B
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
E G#m F# D#m E
And the people the air that your breathing is me
Em B
Yes I am the city you let me be
[Bridge]
B F#/B E Em
I am the city You let me be
B F#/B E
I am the city
[Chorus 2]
B F#/A# A
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
E Esus4
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
E B
And the people the air that you breath(Coming through the cloud)
E
Your looking at me from above
B
Im a revelation spreading out before your eyes
F# E
The street that you walk,the language you talk
Em B
I am the city,yea i am the city you let me be me
[Outro]
B E
And you find me beautiful and irresistable
B
B giant creature that seems to forever grow in size(the skyline is me)
E Em
And the energy I am the city You let me be me
B E
Somewhere in the middle of the never ending noise
B
There is a pulse a steady rhythm of a heart that beats
F# E
I am the street you walk the language you talk
Em B
I am the city,yea i am the city you let me be me
B E
And a million voices blend into a single voice
B
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
B
I am the city
Mark W