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The City Tabs

(ver. 1)
Ed Sheeran
Intro
e:-------x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|
B:-------x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|
G:-------x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|
D:-0-2---x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|
A:-0-2---x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|
D:-0-2---x----x--x--x----xx--x--x-x----x--x-x------------------------|  x2

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------8-------8-------5---------3---------------------------------|
G:-----7-------7-------7-----------5---------------------------------|
D:---7-------7-------7-----------5-----------------------------------|
A:-7-------7-------5-----------3-x-----------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2


Verse
 ''This city never sleeps....'
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------8-------8-------5---------3---------------------------------|
G:-----7-------7-------7-----------5---------------------------------|
D:---7-------7-------7-----------5-----------------------------------|
A:-7-------7-------5-----------3-x-----------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------| x8


Pre-Chorus
   ''London calls me a stranger...  ...A traveller...''
e:--3----3------2----2-----------------------------------------------|
B:--1--1--1-----3--3--3----------------------------------------------|
G:--0---0--0----2-2-2--2---------------------------------------------|
D:--2-2-----2---0-------0-----------5-5--5-5----5-5-------------------|
A:--3-------------------------------5-5--5-5----5-5-------------------|
D:----------------------------------5-5--5-5----5-5-------------------|
   (C)     (D)                     (G)



  ''This is     now my home...   ...my home..''
e:--3----3------2----2-----------------------------------------------|
B:--1--1--1-----3--3--3----------------------------------------------|
G:--0---0--0----2-2-2--2---------------------------------------------|
D:--2-2-----2---0-------0-----------5-5--5-5---5-4-------------------|
A:--3-------------------------------5-5--5-5---5-4-------------------|
D:----------------------------------5-5--5-5---5-4-------------------|
   (C)     (D)                     (G)



Chorus
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------8-------8-------5---------3---------------------------------|
G:-----7-------7-------7-----------5---------------------------------|
D:---7-------7-------7-----------5-----------------------------------|
A:-7-------7-------5-----------3-x-----------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------| x3

''What I do isn't up to you...     ...And if the city never sleeps...'
e:--0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--1-----------------------------------------7---------------------|
G:--0-----------------------------------------7---------------------|
D:--2-----------------------------------------7---------------------|
A:--3-----------------------------------------5---------------------|
D:------------------------------------------------------------------|
   (C)                                       (D)



Bridge
 ''And my lungs hurt...     ....And my ears bled''
e:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
B:--1--1-1---1--1-1-------------3--3-3--3--3-3---------------|
G:--0--0-0---0--0-0-------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
D:--2--2-2---2--2-2-------------4--4-4--4--4-4---------------|
A:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------5--5-5--5--5-5---------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------|
   (C)                                       (D)

 ''With the sound of the city life...  ...echoed in my head''
e:----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5--------------|
A:--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5--------------|
D:--5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5-5--5---5-5--5--------------|
   (G)              


''Do I need this..           ...to keep me alive''

e:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
B:--1--1-1---1--1-1-------------3--3-3--3--3-3---------------|
G:--0--0-0---0--0-0-------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
D:--2--2-2---2--2-2-------------4--4-4--4--4-4---------------|
A:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------5--5-5--5--5-5---------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------|
   (C)                                       (D)


''The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along''
e:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
B:--1--1-1---1--1-1-------------------3--3-3--3--3-3---------------|
G:--0--0-0---0--0-0-------------------0--0-0--0--0-0---------------|
D:--2--2-2---2--2-2-------------------4--4-4--4--4-4---------------|
A:--3--3-3---3--3-3-------------------5--5-5--5--5-5---------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   (C)                                       (D)
                  

''I’m from a city where the rain won’t cease''
e:----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---8----------------8-------------------------------------------|
G:---9----------------9-------------------------------------------|
D:---9----------------9-------------------------------------------|
A:---7----------------7-------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------------------|
    (Em)            

''Pollution in the air matches that on the street''
e:----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---7--------------------------5---------------------------------|
G:---7--------------------------5---------------------------------|
D:---7--------------------------5---------------------------------|
A:---5--------------------------3---------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------------------|
    (D)                        (C)

This repeats now until the Pre-chorus again.

End on Eminor.
            
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