[Intro] G C G C G C D C G [Verse 1] G C I've got her cane G C And Big Danny is wasted G C He said I'm the sweetest thing G C Oh that he's never tasted G C Mariposa's singing love songs G C All in her dark apartment G C Fourteen floors a'birthin G C And fourteen floors a'dying [Chorus] G C Livin' in the city G C We're just livin' in the city G C Livin' in the city D C G Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard [Verse 2] G C Oh I'll take you to the stairwell G C And I give you something I can offer G C You know the heart is not the hopeless G C The heart is a lonely hunter G C Hot long summer days G C We're just sneakin' by the river C C Oh, I'll lock my dreams away G C And I'll watch the city quiver [Chorus] G C Livin' in the city G C We're just livin' in the city G C Livin' in the city D C G Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard [Solo] G C G C G C D C G [Verse 3] G Gypsy bit the dust G You know the shitty hat - it was poisoned G Now everybody wants G Just a taste of what we sold him G C Standing on the roof tops G C We're just yellin' till the morning G C All surrounded by the visions G C Of all who came before them [Chorus] G C Livin' in the city G C We're just livin' in the city G C Livin' in the city D C G Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard G C Livin' in the city G C We're just livin' in the city G C Livin' in the city D C G Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard D C G Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard D C G