ORDER: I A1 B1 A2 B2 C1 A3 B3 C2 D1 D2 D3 D4 O
[INTRO]
D A7sus G A
D A7sus G A
[A1]
D A7sus
The city in a hundred ways,
G A
it would never let you stay.
D
Remember all the thankless days
G A
and the lousy take home pay?
[B1]
D
They loved you
A7sus G A
when you thought that no-one could.
D
They loved you
A7sus G A
when you said that no-one should.
[A2]
D A7sus
The photographs in black and white
G A
that show you playing close to type -
D A7sus
Your eyes against the midday light,
G A
your eyes when they still had the fight.
[B2]
D
They loved you
A7sus G A
when you thought that no-one could.
D
They loved you
A7sus G A
when you said that no-one should.
[C1] - enter clarinet (after odd lines, guitar plays D-C-B; after even lines, D-C-G)
D Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dadd9/F# D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
[A3]
D/F# A7sus
You talk so fast
G Asus2
to stop yourself from thinking.
D A7sus
You move so fast
G A
so you'll never see you're sinking.
[B3]
D
They love you
A7sus G A
when you think that no-one can.
D
They love you
A7sus G A
and they'll tell you that they understand.
D
They love you,
A7sus G A
then they say you're much too, much too bland.
[C2] (after odd lines, guitar plays D-C-B; after even lines, D-C-G)
Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dadd9/F# D/A Em7b5/Bb
Dsus D/A Em7b5/Bb
[D1]
Dmadd9 C/D Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A
Dmadd9 C/D Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A
[D2]
Dmadd9 C/D
Spending days on the phone,
Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A
while the cold eats your bones.
Dmadd9 C/D
How in the world do you make it right?
Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A
How in the world do you make a life?
[D3] - enter bass clarinet
Dmadd9 C/D Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A x10
5th time, enter clarinet
[D4] - subdued
Dmadd9 C/D
spending days on the phone,
Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A7
while the cold eats your bones.
Dmadd9 C/D
how in the world do you make it right?
Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A7
how in the world do you make a life?
[OUTRO] - final note cuts out almost immediately
Dmadd9 C/D Bb/D Em7b5/Bb A
Dm