In the City The Jam
In The City by The Jam
Paul Weller
Chords (These are my initial working ones, feel free to correct)
C: 032010
Cmaj7: 032000
Am7: 002010
G: 320003
D: X00232
Dsus4: X00233
Em: 022000
Bbm: XX4432
Punchy punk beat
Intro
C Cmaj7 Am7 G G (repeat X8)
[G]In the city there's a [C]thousand things I want to [G]say to you[C]
[G]But whenever I ap[C]proach you, you make me l[G]ook a fool[G]
[Em]I wanna say,[Em] I wanna tell you
A[C]bout the young id[Am7]eas
But you [C]turn them into [D]fears[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
[G]In the city there's a t[C]housand faces all [G]shining bright[C]
[G]And those [C]golden faces are under [G]25[G]
[Em]They wanna say, [Em]they gonna tell ya
[C]About the young [Am7]idea
You better [C]listen now you've said your b[D]it-a[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
[D]And I know what you're [Bbm]thinking
You [C]still [Cmaj7]think [Am7]I am[G] c[G]r*p
[D]But you'd better [Em]listen man
Because the [C]kids know where it's [D]at[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
[G]In the city there's a [C]thousand men in [G]uniforms[C]
[G]And I've heard they now [C]have the right to [G]kill a man[G]
[Em]We wanna say, [Em]we gonna tell ya
[C]About the young [Am7]idea
And if it don't [C]work, at least we said we've trie[D]d[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
(Repeat intro, with singing on the G)
[C] [Cmaj7] [Am7] I[G]n [G]the city
[C] [Cmaj7] [Am7] I[G]n [G]the city
[C] [Cmaj7] [Am7] I[G]n [G]the city
[C] [Cmaj7] [Am7] I[G]n [G]the city
[G]In the city there's a [C]thousand things I want to [G]say to you[C] [Cmaj7] [Am7] [G] [G]
Cool. One of the few songs that starts and ends with the same line.
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