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City Of Blinding Lights
[Intro]
( E   E   E   E   E  E)
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#   D/F#  
[Verse 1]
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F  
The more you see the less you know
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
The less you find out as you go
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/ F#  
I knew much more then
Dsus2than I do nowD  
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F  
Neon heart day glow eyes
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
A city lit by fireflies
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/ F#  
They’re advertising in the skies
Dsus2For people liDke us
Cadd9And I miDsus2ss you when you’re not around
Cadd9I’m gettDsus2ing ready to leave the ground….
[Pre-Chorus]
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Ooooooooh
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/ F#  
Ooooooooh
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#   Asus2  
Ooooooooh
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/ F#  
Ooooooooh
[Chorus]
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oh you look so
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
beautiful tonight
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#   D/F#  
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#  
In the city of blinding lights
[Verse 2]
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F  
Don’t look before you laugh
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
Look ugly in a photograph
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F#  
Flash bulbs purple irises
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
The camera can’t see
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F  
I’ve seen you walk unafraid
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
I’ve seen you in the clothes you made
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/F  
Can you see the beauty
Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
inside of me?
A  Asus2/ B  Asus2/ F   Dsus2  Dsus2/E  
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me
Cadd9And I miDsus2ss you when you’re not around
Cadd9I’m gettDsus2ing ready to leave the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oooooooooh
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/ F#  
Oooooooooh
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oooooooooh
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
Oooooooooh
[Chorus]
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oh you look so
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/ F#  
beautiful tonight
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#  D/F#  
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#  
In the city of blinding lights
[Bridge]
B5TimeA5  
B5TimeA5  
B5TimeA5  
B5Time
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Time
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
Won’t leave me as I am
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
But time
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
won’t take the boy out of this man
[Chorus]
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oh you look so
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
beautiful tonight
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oh you look so
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
beautiful tonight
E  Asus2/ F#   E/G#  Asus2  
Oh you look so
Dsus2  Dsus2/ E  Dsus2/F#  
beautiful tonight
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#   D/F#  
[Outro]
A  Asus2/ B   D/F#  
In the city of blinding lights
A  Asus2/ B  
The more you know the less you feel
D/F#Some pray for others steal
A  Asus2/ B  
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel…
Dsus2luckily
[Instrumental]
A  Asus2/ B   Dsus2   Dsus2  Dsus2/E.
A   A  A.
AWell thats it hope you like it!
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