Intro
G D/G C/G C/G G D/G C/G C/G
G D/G C/G C/G G D/G C/G C/G
I am the city You let me be I am the city
G G
[Verse 1]
G C
Coming through a cloud you're looking at me from above
G
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
C
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
G
G giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
D C
And you feel a strange attraction oohh oohh
G
The air is vibrant and electrified
D G
Welcome to me here I am, my arms are open wide
[Verse 2]
G C
Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
G
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
C
And a million voices blend into a single voice
G
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
D C
People come and take their chances ooh ooh
G
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
D
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot
[Chorus]
G D/G
I'm the street you walk
C/G
The language you talk I am the city
G D/G
The skyline is is me
C/G
And the energy I am the city
G D/F# F
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
Em G
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
C Em D Bm C
And the people the air that your breathing is me
Cm G
Yes I am the city you let me be
[Verse 3]
G C
People feed me with their lives I am a hungry soul
G
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
C
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
G
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
D C
Dazzled by the crazy magic ooh ooh
G
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
D
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh
[Chorus]
G D/G
I'm the street you walk
C/G
The language you talk I am the city
G D/G
The skyline is is me
C/G
And the energy I am the city
G G/F# F
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
Em G
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
C Em D Bm C
And the people the air that your breathing is me
Cm G
Yes I am the city you let me be
[Bridge]
G D/G C Cm
I am the city You let me be
G D/G C
I am the city
[Chorus 2]
G D/F# F
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
C Csus4
And the funny smells and the turmoil of cars
C G
And the people the air that you breath(Coming through the cloud)
C
Your looking at me from above
G
Im a revelation spreading out before your eyes
D C
The street that you walk,the language you talk
Cm G
I am the city,yea i am the city you let me be me
[Outro]
G C
And you find me beautiful and irresistable
G
G giant creature that seems to forever grow in size(the skyline is me)
C Cm
And the energy I am the city You let me be me
G C
Somewhere in the middle of the never ending noise
G
There is a pulse a steady rhythm of a heart that beats
D C
I am the street you walk the language you talk
Cm G
I am the city,yea i am the city you let me be me
G C
And a million voices blend into a single voice
G
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
G
I am the city
Mark W