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Philadelphia - John Mark McMillan
Capo 4
INRO:  C   Am   G   C   Am   G  
Verse C1G  C  G  C  G  Em  
CYou step through me
AmAnd the screen door hits the woGod
GAnd your packing all your things
CYou say your moving Amout to there to HollywGood
GAnd I can't do a thing
Pre-Chorus 1
CYou say there's nothing for you
GIn this cardboard town
CAnd every bridge you cross
GYour gonna burn it to the ground
CYou wont listen to a woGrd that I'm telling Emya
Chorus
CSo who's running through the halls
GIn the houses of pain
CThat are staring back at me
GLike the ocean from a plane
CI swear I've seen your eyes
Gin the ghost of PhiladEmelphia
Verse 2
I think about you late at night sometimes
When I can't sleep
Cause I can hear the train
It's always there
You just don't know it
Till a quarter to three
You just can't hear it in the day
Pre-Chorus 2
When every body's got your number
In a plexy glass town
Where the birds ain't got wings
But no one makes a sound
Cause they all know how to fly
Just I wouldn't buy what they're selling ya
Chorus
So who's running through the halls
In the houses of pain
That are staring back at me
Like the ocean from a plane
I swear I've seen your eyes
in the ghost of Philadelphia
Verse 3
I run into your old man every once and again
Mostly in the spring
Reminds me of our younger and more genuine days when
You weren't so out of reach
Pre-Chorus 3
Still for all your running
You just can't change a mile
Of the things you carry around
In the closet of your mind
And the days keep coming man
They never fail ya
Bridge
CYour never gonna run away
CFrom what your hanging round your head
EmYour never gonna run away
EmFrom what your hanging round your head
CYour never gonna run away
CFrom what your hanging round your head
EmAnd I'm never gonna run away
EmFrom what you said 
Outro:  C   G   C   G   C   G  Em  

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Philadelphia

by John Mark McMillan

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Philadelphia - John Mark McMillan

Capo 4

C Am G C Am G

INRO:

C G C G C G Em

Verse 1

You step through me

Am G

And the screen door hits the wood

And your packing all your things

C Am G

You say your moving out to there to Hollywood

And I can't do a thing

Pre-Chorus 1

You say there's nothing for you

In this cardboard town

And every bridge you cross

Your gonna burn it to the ground

C G Em

You wont listen to a word that I'm telling ya

Chorus

So who's running through the halls

In the houses of pain

That are staring back at me

Like the ocean from a plane

I swear I've seen your eyes

G Em

in the ghost of Philadelphia

Verse 2

I think about you late at night sometimes

When I can't sleep

Cause I can hear the train

It's always there

You just don't know it

Till a quarter to three

You just can't hear it in the day

Pre-Chorus 2

When every body's got your number

In a plexy glass town

Where the birds ain't got wings

But no one makes a sound

Cause they all know how to fly

Just I wouldn't buy what they're selling ya

Chorus

So who's running through the halls

In the houses of pain

That are staring back at me

Like the ocean from a plane

I swear I've seen your eyes

in the ghost of Philadelphia

Verse 3

I run into your old man every once and again

Mostly in the spring

Reminds me of our younger and more genuine days when

You weren't so out of reach

Pre-Chorus 3

Still for all your running

You just can't change a mile

Of the things you carry around

In the closet of your mind

And the days keep coming man

They never fail ya

Bridge

Your never gonna run away

From what your hanging round your head

Your never gonna run away

From what your hanging round your head

Your never gonna run away

From what your hanging round your head

And I'm never gonna run away

From what you said

C G C G C G Em

Outro:

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