| Cmaj9 | G | G | Am7 | G | |
| We b | uilt this city, we b | uilt this city on r | ock | and r | oll |
| Cmaj9 | G | Bm | G | Cmaj7 | |
| Bu | ilt this city, we b | uilt this city on r | ock a | nd r | oll |
| (G C (d e d g f# d low a, d low A) Bm Am, G C, D/F# G) |
| G | C | |
| S | ay you don't know me, or re | cognize my face |
| F/G | D/G | G | |
| S | ay you don't care who g | oes to t | hat kind of place |
| C | |
| Knee deep in the hoopla, s | inking in your fight |
| F/G | D | G | D/F# | |
| T | oo many r | unaways e | ating up the night |
| Em | Cmaj7 | G | D | G | C(add9 | |
| Marc | oni plays the m | amba, l | isten to the radi | o, don't you rem | emb | er |
| C(add9 | Bm | Am7 | C(add9 | G | C | Em | |
| We built this c | ity, | we built this | city on r | ock a | nd r | oll |
| Someone's always playing corporation games |
| Who cares they're always changing corporation names |
| We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage |
| They call us irresponsible, write us off the page |
| G | C | G | C | D/F# | G | G/B | G | C | D | |
| It's just a | nother S | unda | y, | i | n a | tired old st | reet |
| G | Cmaj9 | C | G | C | D/F# | G | |
| Pol | ice have got the choke hold, | oh----o | h, oh, o | h, | but we just l | ost the b | eat |
| Who counts the money underneath the bar |
| Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars |
| Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're (the ship of) fools |
| Looking for Bmerica, crawling through your schools |
| "I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge, out on another gorgeous sunny Saturday, |
| I've seen that bumper-to-bumper traffic" (CHORUS) |
| "Here's your favorite radio station, in your favorite radio city the city by the bay, |
| the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps" |
| Marconi plays the mamba.. . (CHORUS) |
| lowercase letters are individual notes to be plaed, included as a general guideline only |