Big City chords by 
American Aquarium 
N/A
Key: E major•
Intro 1
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E
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Verse 1
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Headed back on a high way drive,
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In terstate 85
Coming back from a show
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that we had in Char lotte
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It was get ting kinda late
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and the fire works display
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It played a thief to all the stars glory
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And the wheels they were turning
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Boy my eyes they were burning
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It said: "Raleigh, fifty miles"
Verse 2
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Big city, turn me on
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Pick me up ,
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throw me down just like your doll
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E
Don't tell me I'm wrong when
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I know just what I saw
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B
Big city, turn me on
Interlude 1
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Me
Verse 3
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and my friends go to the same
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bar every Thursday
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We stare at the centerfold eye s
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that keep mixing our drinks
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The liquor lies are all that's left
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of this poor girl's in nocence
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She don't know my name but I'll be
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damned if one day she won't
Verse 4
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A
Big city, turn me on
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Pick me up and throw me
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A
down just like your doll
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Tell me I'm wrong when I
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A
know just what I saw
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B
Big city, turn me on,
Interlude 2
turn me off
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E
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E
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Verse 5
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Candlelight retro spection on
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a hand me down couch
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There's cof fee in my hand
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Her head in my lap and
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Dylan on the stereo
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Like a jew elry store window,
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A
her eyes they were made to sparkle
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B
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And for a mo ment, I still believed in love
Verse 6
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Big city, turn me on
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Pick me up , throw me down to
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the ground just like your doll
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B
Tell me I'm wrong when I know
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good and well what I saw
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B
Big city, turn me on, boy, turn me off
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Verse 7
I said, big city turn me on
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(Big city, turn me on) said,
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big city turn me on
(Pick me up, throw me down to the
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ground just like your doll)
Big city, turn me on
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(Tell me I'm wrong when I know
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just what I saw)
Verse 8
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Big city, turn me on
(Big city, turn me on,
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boy, turn me off)
Big city, turn me on
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ChordsE B A
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Capo: 2
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