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The City

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A note:  [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts
G:
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Cadd9:
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D:
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G D Cadd9 D
GThe city keDeps on Cadd9going oDn
Float down the river with my Matty D and Jay
Get off the boat and board a plane to JFK and I
Haven't slept in a week
But it don't seem to matter to the subway squeakers squeaking at my feet
The city keeps on going
We just keep on rolling
The city keeps on going
We just keep on rolling on
Grand Central Station got a windy coming down
Independence yesterday, ain't no one around
Oh I still recognize her after all these years
She still looks the same
Oh she still looks the same
(chorus)
When we left Brooklyn it was raining so hard
Come up on 8th and the rain it cleared off
We're just people watching on 3rd and St. Mark's
Wendy girl just kissing my face, my face
She was just kissing my face
(chorus x2)
Just when I was sick and down
There was a shaking on the ground
We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train
Just when I was sinking down
There was a shaking on the ground
We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train
She was dancing on the midway
Just kissing my face
She was dancing on the midway
...
Just waving goodbye

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The City

by Joe Purdy

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

A note: [[JP is one of the absolutely most inspiring and artistic independent acts

320033

Cadd9

x32033

xx0232

G D Cadd9 D

The city keeps on going on

Float down the river with my Matty D and Jay

Get off the boat and board a plane to JFK and I

Haven't slept in a week

But it don't seem to matter to the subway squeakers squeaking at my feet

The city keeps on going

We just keep on rolling

The city keeps on going

We just keep on rolling on

Grand Central Station got a windy coming down

Independence yesterday, ain't no one around

Oh I still recognize her after all these years

She still looks the same

Oh she still looks the same

(chorus)

When we left Brooklyn it was raining so hard

Come up on 8th and the rain it cleared off

We're just people watching on 3rd and St. Mark's

Wendy girl just kissing my face, my face

She was just kissing my face

(chorus x2)

Just when I was sick and down

There was a shaking on the ground

We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train

Just when I was sinking down

There was a shaking on the ground

We were hiding from the rain, we were riding on the train

She was dancing on the midway

Just kissing my face

She was dancing on the midway

...

Just waving goodbye

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