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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
and in in concert.  This is the guitar  part only.  The pianist plays chords.
intro-hit the D chord, with wah (used in the whole song)
after you hit the D mute the strings and keep the beat. This goes throughout
Verse:
        Think of London
        DSmall City
        DDark,
        DDark in the daytime.
        DPeople sleep
        Dsleep in the daytime.
        DIf they want to,
        DIf they want to.
        DI'm checkin em out                      NOTE: Df means D FLAT
Df
        I'm checkin em out
Df
        I got it figured out
        DI    got it figured out there's some
D
        some good points,
        Gsome bad FpointsF#  
        Gbut it aFll woF#rks out.
        FI'm just a littlFe freaked out
FChorus:F  
        Find your city
        F#find yourself a city to live in.
        EI willB  
        find a city,
        F#Find yourself a city to live in.
Verse:E  B  
Alot of bridges in
Birmingham
A lot of ghosts
In a lot of houses
Look over there
Dry Ice factory
good place to get some thinking done.
I'm checkin' em out
I'm checkin em out
I got it figured out
Im the one that got it figured out
there's some
Some good points
some bad points.
and then the Chorus again, followed by an instrumental break.
This is a great time for some doodling on the B major scale.
After this another verse:
Did I forget to mention
Forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the
Ancient Greeks
Do I smell?
I smell home cookin'
It's only the river
It's only the river
I'm checkin em out
I'm checkin em out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
there's some
some good points
some bad points
are those things real?
goodnight (what does he really say here?)
The song ends with the chorus, which goes around FOUR times instead of 2.
After that a short jam is carried out and finishes the song.

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Cities

by Phish

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

and in in concert. This is the guitar part only. The pianist plays chords.

intro-hit the D chord, with wah (used in the whole song)

after you hit the D mute the strings and keep the beat. This goes throughout

Verse:

Think of London

Small City

Dark,

Dark in the daytime.

People sleep

sleep in the daytime.

If they want to,

If they want to.

I'm checkin em out NOTE: Df means D FLAT

I'm checkin em out

I got it figured out

I got it figured out there's some

some good points,

G F F#

some bad points

G F F#

but it all works out.

F F

I'm just a little freaked out

F F

Chorus:

Find your city

find yourself a city to live in.

E B

I will

find a city,

Find yourself a city to live in.

E B

Verse:

Alot of bridges in

Birmingham

A lot of ghosts

In a lot of houses

Look over there

Dry Ice factory

good place to get some thinking done.

I'm checkin' em out

I'm checkin em out

I got it figured out

Im the one that got it figured out

there's some

Some good points

some bad points.

and then the Chorus again, followed by an instrumental break.

This is a great time for some doodling on the B major scale.

After this another verse:

Did I forget to mention

Forget to mention Memphis?

Home of Elvis and the

Ancient Greeks

Do I smell?

I smell home cookin'

It's only the river

I'm checkin em out

I got it figured out

there's some

some good points

some bad points

are those things real?

goodnight (what does he really say here?)

The song ends with the chorus, which goes around FOUR times instead of 2.

After that a short jam is carried out and finishes the song.

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