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Mortal City chords by
Dar Williams
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Key: B minor•
Verse 1
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She nev er should have rented this

apartment in the Mortal City
G
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The cold comes though every
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crack she puts her hand up to
Bb
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The radiator's broken,

so she has to use electric heat.
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And tonight was the first
Verse 2

date with the brother
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of the guy she worked next to

He lived a couple streets away
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He listened, he had things to say
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She asked him up for dinner

sometime

Sometime was tonight
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Verse 3


The radio gave updates on the ice storm

while she made the dinner

They said, from all the talk,

you shouldn't drive or even walk
F
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And this just in,
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Am
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we're asking everyone to turn off their power
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G
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They need it at the hospital.
Verse 4
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She ran around pulling plugs,

then she called him up

Maybe now they shouldn't meet,
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he said that he would brave the streets

She met him at the door with
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a blanket and a candle
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Saying, I heard it on the radio,
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I had to turn my power off.
Gsus4
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Verse 5

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He said you're not the only one,

the streets were dark tonight,

It was like another century
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With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy trees
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and the clouds and a covered moon.
Verse 6
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She said what kind of people

make a city

Where you can't see the sky and

you can't feel the ground?
Verse 7
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I tell you something,

I have this feeling that this city's dying

He said, it's not dying it's

the people who are dying
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She said, yes, yes I think the people
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are dying and nobody cares.
Verse 8
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We had all this technology our dreams

were bold and vague
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And then one city got bad planners,
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one city got the plague.
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Verse 9


He asked why did you move here? She said,

for the job
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For the job and I've been so lonely here,
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so lonely
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There's no one I can talk to,
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Dm
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you know I don't even know your brother.
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Verse 10

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He smiled and said,

sometimes at night I walk out by the river

The city's one big town,

the water turns it upside down
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People found this city because
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they love other people
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They want their secretaries,
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they want their power lunches.
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Verse 11
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And think about tonight,

I heard the same newscast you did

I unplugged everything,

I looked out the window
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And I think the city heard,
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I watched as one by one the lights went off
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So they could give their power
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to the hospital
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Verse 12
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They ate in silence while

she thought this over,

They sat together in a dark

room in the Mortal City
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Shifting in their blankets so they wouldn't

get spaghetti on them.
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Verse 13


Then came the awkward moment after dinner,

what to do,

The ice was still falling,

the streets were still dangerous
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The cabs were not running and
Verse 14

this neighborhood was not the greatest.
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They both looked at the space

where a couch would've been

She felt her stomach sink,
Verse 15

she felt like she could hardly think
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She said, I never should have rented this

apartment in the Mortal City

The cold comes through

eve crack I put my hand up to
C
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Bb
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The radiator doesn't work,
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I have to use electric heat.
Verse 16
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That settled it, they would both

sleep in her bed

It was a matter of survival.
Verse 17
Am
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She brought out t- shirts,

sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats

If there was ever any thought of what would

happen in that bed tonight

There was no question now

They could barely move
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Bb
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They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting

for another season.
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Dm
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Verse 18


They lay in bed,

they listened to the pelting ice

He said my brother's not a bad guy,

he's just quiet

I wished you liked this city
Verse 19

She said, maybe I do.
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I think I have a special kind

of hearing tonight

I hear the neighbors upstairs
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I hear my heart beating
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I hear one thousand hearts beating
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Gsus4
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at the hospital

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And one thousand hearts by
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their bedsides waiting
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Saying that's my love
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in the white gown,
Verse 20

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We are not lost in the Mortal City
Outro 1

We are not lost in the Mortal City
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • G

  • Bb

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Gsus4

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Mortal City by Dar Williams is B minor.

The primary chords used in Mortal City are Bm, A, C, D, G, Em.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bm, A, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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