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Metropolis - Anthony Smith
Album: If That Ain't Country
Writers: Anthony Smith / Chris Wallin
**Capo 4**
Intro:       Cadd9     C     Fadd9     Fx 2
Well they Cadd9finally put that red light up in the Fadd9heart of town
Took the Cadd9stop sign down, it was shot up Fadd9anyhow 
One Cadd9night I ran right through it in my Fadd9Chevrolet
Both poCadd9lice cars came, but I Fadd9got away 
Chorus:
  It was a Gboom town back in'62, 'til the Fcoal ran out
  And a drought came through, and they Cdammed the river
  That we all used to Gfish
  Population 405 and I Fmade it 404 one night
  And left the Ccity limit sign layin' in the Gditch
  Run plumb Fover it, leavin' MetrCadd9opolisC  Fadd9  F  
Well, I Cadd9found myself in a big high-rise with a Fadd9concrete yard
It ain't safe Cadd9after dark, guess this ol' boy Fadd9drove too far
Met a Cadd9girl, fell in love, got married and she's Fadd9due in May
Says we're gonna Cadd9need more space, I said I know Fadd9just the place 
 Where we can  Fwalk down to the country store
 And we Cwon't even have to lock our door
 We can Fstill get air and F/Ewater there for Dm7free
 She said that sounds Gsus4good to meG  
Chorus:
  It was a Gboomtown back in '62, 'til the Fcoal ran out
  And a drought came through, and they Cdammed the river
  That we all used to Gfish
  Population 404 and when wFe pull in it'll be 3 more
  And there's a Ccity limit sign layin' in the Gditch
  That I Fneed to fix, back in MetCadd9ropolisC  Fadd9  F  
  I'm almost in MetrCadd9opolisC  Fadd9  F  
  And I'm back in MetrCadd9opolisC  

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Metropolis

by Anthony Smith

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Fadd9

F/E

Dm7

Gsus4

Metropolis - Anthony Smith

Album: If That Ain't Country

Writers: Anthony Smith / Chris Wallin

**Capo 4**

Cadd9 C Fadd9 F

Intro: x 2

Cadd9 Fadd9

Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town

Cadd9 Fadd9

Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow

Cadd9 Fadd9

One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet

Cadd9 Fadd9

Both police cars came, but I got away

Chorus:

G F

It was a boom town back in'62, 'til the coal ran out

And a drought came through, and they dammed the river

That we all used to fish

Population 405 and I made it 404 one night

C G

And left the city limit sign layin' in the ditch

F Cadd9 C Fadd9 F

Run plumb over it, leavin' Metropolis

Cadd9 Fadd9

Well, I found myself in a big high-rise with a concrete yard

Cadd9 Fadd9

It ain't safe after dark, guess this ol' boy drove too far

Cadd9 Fadd9

Met a girl, fell in love, got married and she's due in May

Cadd9 Fadd9

Says we're gonna need more space, I said I know just the place

Where we can walk down to the country store

And we won't even have to lock our door

F F/E Dm7

We can still get air and water there for free

Gsus4 G

She said that sounds good to me

Chorus:

G F

It was a boomtown back in '62, 'til the coal ran out

And a drought came through, and they dammed the river

That we all used to fish

Population 404 and when we pull in it'll be 3 more

C G

And there's a city limit sign layin' in the ditch

F Cadd9 C Fadd9 F

That I need to fix, back in Metropolis

Cadd9 C Fadd9 F

I'm almost in Metropolis

Cadd9 C

And I'm back in Metropolis

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