Cities chords by
Talking Heads

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Key: B minor

Intro 1

[Fade in]

F#m

Verse 1

Think of London, small city

It's dark, dark in the daytime

People sleep, sleep in the daytime

Pre-chorus 1
If they want to, if they want to
Db Db 
 
I'm checking 'em out, I'm checking 'em out
D D 
 
I got it figured out, I got it figured out
G G 
 
There's good points, some bad points
F F 
 
But it all works out,

Chorus 1
though I'm a little freaked out
F#m F#m 
 
I'll find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
F#m F#m 
 
I will  find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in

Verse 2

Lot of rich people in Birmingham

Lot of ghosts in a lot of houses

Look over there, dry ice factory

Pre-chorus 2
Good place to get some thinking done
Db Db 
 
I'm checking 'em out, I'm checking 'em out
D D 
 
I got it figured out, I got it figured out
G G 
 
There's good points, some bad points
F F 
 
But it all works out,

Chorus 2
though I'm a little freaked out
F#m F#m 
 
I'll find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
F#m F#m 
 
I will  find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in

Interlude 1

Pre-chorus 3

I'm checking 'em out, I'm checking 'em out

I got it figured out, I got it figured out

There's good points, some bad points

But it all works out,

Chorus 3
sometimes I'm a little freaked out
F#m F#m 
 
I'll find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
F#m F#m 
 
I will  find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in

Verse 3
Help me
D D 
 
Did I forget to mention,
forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
D D 
 
Do I smell? I smell home cooking

Pre-chorus 4
It's only the river, it's only the river
Db Db 
 
I'm checking 'em out, I'm checking 'em out
D D 
 
I got it figured out, I got it figured out
G G 
 
There's good points, some bad points
F F 
 
But it all works out,

Chorus 4
sometimes I'm a little freaked out
F#m F#m 
 
I'll find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
F#m F#m 
 
I will  find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in

Outro 1
F#m F#m 
 
I'll find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
F#m F#m 
 
I will  find a city,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
find myself a city to live in
[Repeat and fade]

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