{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1071392,"song":"This City","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11237112-this-city-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1071392?type=chord","rating":4.23052,"votes":39,"content":"Steve Earle does lots of modulation on the D (mostly sus2 and sus4 from what I can tell)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis city won't wash away[/tab]\r\nThis city won't ever drown\r\nBlood in the water, and Hell to pay\r\nSky tear open and pain rain down\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoesn't matter let come what may[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI ain't ever gonna leave this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis city won't wash away[/tab]\r\nThis city won't ever drown\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAin't the river or the wind to blame[/tab]\r\nAs everybody around here knows\r\nNothing holding back Pontchartrain\r\n'cept a prayer and a promise's ghost\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis town's digging our graves [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn solid marble above the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe our bones will wash away[/tab]\r\nBut this city won't ever drown\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis city won't ever die[/tab]\r\nJust as long as our heart beats strong\r\nLike a second line steppin' high\r\nRaisin' hell as we roll along\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGentille to Vieux Carre[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLower 9, Central City, Uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging jockamo fee nané[/tab]\r\nThis city won't ever drown\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm ever gonna leave this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis city won't wash away[/tab]\r\nThis city won't ever drown.","plain_text":"Steve Earle does lots of modulation on the D (mostly sus2 and sus4 from what I can tell)\n\n\nThis city won't ever drown\nBlood in the water, and Hell to pay\nSky tear open and pain rain down\n\n\n\n\nThis city won't ever drown\n\n\nAs everybody around here knows\nNothing holding back Pontchartrain\n'cept a prayer and a promise's ghost\n\n\n\n\nBut this city won't ever drown\n\n\nJust as long as our heart beats strong\nLike a second line steppin' high\nRaisin' hell as we roll along\n\n\n\n\nThis city won't ever drown\n\n\n\n\nThis city won't ever drown.","chords":["D","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}