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[Intro]
G(x4)Em  A  D  D7  
[Verse]
It's a Gbeautiful city
We've been Emliving in lately
Never Ago to the South side
(Don't you Dgo down to the D7South side.)
And there's Gpot holes
Sleeping in the Emblack concrete
And your Alittle rebel rebel's
Just a Dpebble in a D7big stream
Yes, we're Gliving underneath a
World Emimperial empire
And it's Abuilt on the flimsy web of
Your Dmoney and your D7desire
We Gbuilt this city on the
EmRuins of rock and roll
One minute you're Adriving on smooth pavement
Then you're Ddown in a dark D7pot hole
And if there's Gblack men sleeping on
Your Emwhite concrete
You go and Asee a ten dollar movie
Then you're Dcaught in the web of the D7waking dream
[Intro]
G(x4)Em  A  D  D7  
[Break]
G(x4)Em  A  D  D7  
[Verse]
It's a Gbeautiful city
But the Emstreets are full of holes
I spend my Awhole life on the North side
(I don't Dgo down to the D7South side.)
And I Gdrive on the concrete
And I Empay my taxes too
And I could Awrite a letter to the mayor
But we Dboth got a lot to D7do
And I adGmit it's inconvenient
To get Emrobbed in a combat zone
Well, shit, I Ahad to cancel my credit card
Had to Dbuy me a brand new D7phone
But it's a Gbeautiful city
And the Emcops are on our side
I mosey Adown to check out the
Angry mob just to Dkeep myself occuD7pied
And you can Gtalk about Chicago
You can Emtalk about New York
You can Atalk about London, England
You can Dhave a nice day, take a D7walk in the park
But Gthere's always at least two
Different Emcities in your town
And if you Acan't look at the dark one
Then you'll Dspend your life living
Down in a D7dark pot hole
[Outro]
G(x8)Em  A  D  D7  

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Pot Holes

by Ezra Furman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G Em A D D7

(x4)

[Verse]

It's a beautiful city

We've been living in lately

Never go to the South side

D D7

(Don't you go down to the South side.)

And there's pot holes

Sleeping in the black concrete

And your little rebel rebel's

D D7

Just a pebble in a big stream

Yes, we're living underneath a

World imperial empire

And it's built on the flimsy web of

D D7

Your money and your desire

We built this city on the

Ruins of rock and roll

One minute you're driving on smooth pavement

D D7

Then you're down in a dark pot hole

And if there's black men sleeping on

Your white concrete

You go and see a ten dollar movie

D D7

Then you're caught in the web of the waking dream

[Intro]

G Em A D D7

(x4)

[Break]

G Em A D D7

(x4)

[Verse]

It's a beautiful city

But the streets are full of holes

I spend my whole life on the North side

D D7

(I don't go down to the South side.)

And I drive on the concrete

And I pay my taxes too

And I could write a letter to the mayor

D D7

But we both got a lot to do

And I admit it's inconvenient

To get robbed in a combat zone

Well, shit, I had to cancel my credit card

D D7

Had to buy me a brand new phone

But it's a beautiful city

And the cops are on our side

I mosey down to check out the

D D7

Angry mob just to keep myself occupied

And you can talk about Chicago

You can talk about New York

You can talk about London, England

D D7

You can have a nice day, take a walk in the park

But there's always at least two

Different cities in your town

And if you can't look at the dark one

Then you'll spend your life living

Down in a dark pot hole

[Outro]

G Em A D D7

(x8)

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