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The City

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From the first Mark-Almond album a jazzy acoustic version
that they later covered with a embellished orchestrated number
on Other Peoples Rooms.
These are the chords that chord finder gives me for the finger placements here since I am not a jazz player
Am7x05555 Am6x04555
[Verse]
Am7Well, I slept last nAm6ight in the Am7open
Am7Down by a Am6redwood Am7tree
Am7Yes, I slept last nAm6ight in the Am7open
Am7Just to let, just to Am6let,
Am6just to let my soul Am7free
[Chorus]
Am7I don't want to know,
Am7I don't want to go,
I don't want to Am6go back into the Am7city
Am7I don't want to know,
Am7I don't want to go,
I don't want to Am6go back into the Am7city
Am7It's just a long long Am6long
Am7lonely taxi Am6ride Going Am7nowhere
[Verse]
Am7Well, I slept last nAm6ight in the Am7open
(It gets so hot in the city)
Am7Down by a Am6redwood Am7tree
(It gets so hot in the city)
Am7Yes, I slept last niAm6ght in the oAm7pen
Am7Just to let, just to Am6let,
Am6just to let my soul Am7free
[Chorus]
Am7I don't want to know,
Am7I don't want to go,
I don't want to Am6go back into the Am7city
Am7I don't want to know,
Am7I don't want to go,
I don't want to Am6go back into the Am7city
Am7It's just a long long Am6long
Am7lonely taxi Am6ride Going Am7nowhere
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About The City Chords by Mark-Almond

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