Inner City Blues Rodriguez This song is played in the key of E (with a capo on the second fret). This is the version from the Cold Fact Album. The live version is slightly different. The introduction starts with down strums on the E chord and then an intermittent E & Em before changing to A. The A has a riff using your little finger on the E string on the 2nd & 3rd frets. This riff occurs several times throughout the song. Intro: E, Em, A Etc. Verse: [E]Going down a dirty inner city (azchords.com)