Artist: Hurray for the Riff Raff
Song: Living in the City
Album: The Navigator
Capo on 1st fret.
* Chord names above lyrics have been simplified for better readability. Remove parentheses to get full names.
* Use hammer-on's while strumming to transition between the special chords listed below,
check the live version to see how Alynda does it.
[Chords]
D7sus2(/c) x30210
Dsus4(add13/G) 300003
Csus2 x30010
[Intro]
G C D7sus2/C Csus2 (x3)
D C G
[Verse 1]
G C
Well I've got her cane
G C D7sus2 Csus2
Oh and Big Danny is wasted
G C
He said I'm the sweetest thing
G C D7sus2 Csus2
You know 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 D7sus2 Csus2
We're just livin' in the city
G C
Oh, livin' in the city
D C G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
[Verse 2]
G C
I'll take you to the stairwell
G C D7sus2 Csus2
And 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 D7sus2 Csus2
We're just sneakin' by the river
G C
Well, I'll lock my dreams away
G C
And I'll watch the city quiver
[Chorus]
G C
Livin' in the city
G C D7sus2 Csus2
We're just livin' in the city
G C
Oh, livin' in the city
D C Dsus4
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
[Bridge]
G C D7sus2 Csus2
G C D7sus2 Csus2 D7sus2
G Csus2 C
D C G
[Verse 3]
G C
Gypsy bit the dust
G C
You know the shitty hat - it was poisoned
G C
Now everybody wants
G C
Just a taste of what we sold him
G C
Standing on the rooftops
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 D7sus2 Csus2
We're just livin' in the city
G C
Oh, 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 D7sus2 Csus2
We're just livin' in the city
G C
Oh, livin' in the city
D C G
Well it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
D C G
Oh, it's hard, it's hard, it's hard
[Outro]
D C G
