Chords for City and the Stars
Tempo:
87.4 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
Em
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] This is City and the Staff.
Here [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] [D] we are in this green and pleasant land
place we called our own
don't understand
the seeds we've sown
Here [C]
[D] [G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G] [D] we are in this green and pleasant land
place we called our own
don't understand
the seeds we've sown
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Am
G
Em
D
F
Am
G
Em
[G] This is City and the Staff.
_ [D] _ _
Here _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ we are in this green and pleasant land
[G] This land we love, the place we called our own
[D] This brand new taste we still don't understand
[G] The bitter harvest from the seeds we've sown
[D] Men feel like strangers here on our own [F] streets
[G] _ Things changed so fast they never saw the [C] signs
[D] _ The [Dm] ground was taken from beneath their [F] feet
[G] _ Time moved on and they were [A] left behind
_ [F] Do [C] we stand
[Am] for [A] our clan?
[F] What [Am] does it mean to be an [A] Englishman?
[F] Do [G] we still [Am] have something [F] left to say? _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ People [A] get lost inside their [D] virtual lives
[Am] In 5 [C].1 high-definition [G] screens
[D] _ While others give their all just to survive
[Am] Your avatar forgot what [C] living means
[D] _ It made us cross our shores by our own [F] leave
[G] Our name [C] unconscious slipped in from our grasp
[D] For no [Dm] good reason we can [F] conceive
[G] _ Or are we all just living in [A] the past?
[F] _ [Am] Too much lost
_ Who to [A] trust?
[F] Do we [Am] even know if [G] our [A] cause is just?
[Am] _ Somewhere our Jerusalem got blown [F] away
_ _ _ _ Somewhere yesterday
[G] _ [D] We _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] plundered fields and dug up all the coal
_ [D] We never [Am] knew there was a better [G]
way
[D] Then we unleashed what we could not control
And sent it riding on [C] and on again
[D] _ And so we give thanks for the soldier [F]
boy
[G] _ The one who never grew to be [Em] a man
[D] _ He wears the crown who has the [F] biggest toy
[G] _ 200,000 burning [A] in Japan
And all [Am] of this in the name of a so-called freedom
I [F] am removing [Am] thoughts
[F#] Track my cameras [A] in the sky
[F] The last of that [A] ancient [Am] life
Falling down, [A]
mountainside
Less than a storm of a time
[D] No [Am] longer alive
[E] _ [Em] Savage man dwelt in the campersite
[Am] _
[Em] How did we live [C] in this [Em] spot? _ _
_ [G] 1984, dreaming, wet [Em] snow on [Am] the surface
[C] City and the stars
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm]
Savage man, [G] we're grinding in the [Em] cap of six
[Am] How [Em] did we let it [C] get this [Em] far?
[E] _ _ _
[G] 1984, dreaming, [Em] wet snow on the [Am] surface
_ [Em] City [C] and the [E] stars
[D] City and [F] the stars on the TV show
Famous places you don't know
Tell your colleagues
Who to [G] be
_ [F] _ Profits made their self-prediction
Truth was their kind of fiction
Bright people are
But _ [G] nobody wanted to [A] see
[F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [B] _
[C] [F#] Stars _ [Em] _ [A] _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ on the TV screen
Pains of history so obscene
Reality of stories told
So many [G] flies on one [F] big ball
Music playing in the credits rolled
We all did what [G] we were [F] told
Minus the make-believe beats
We made [G] a song so [Em] neat
Savage man dwelt in the [Am] campersite
How [Em] did we [C] let it get [D] this [Em] far?
_ _ 1984, dreaming, wet snow on [Am] the surface
_ _ [G] [C] City and the stars
[Em] _
_ _ Savage man, we're grinding in the campersite
[Am] _ [Em] How did we let it get this far? _
_ 1984, dreaming, wet snow on the [Am] surface
[C] City and the [Em] stars
City and the stars
On _ _ _ [Am] _ _
the TV [C] screen
[D] _ [Em] _ No TV to watch
In the wet snow [Am] on the surface _ _
_ [C] _ [G] City [Em] and the stars _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _
Here _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ we are in this green and pleasant land
[G] This land we love, the place we called our own
[D] This brand new taste we still don't understand
[G] The bitter harvest from the seeds we've sown
[D] Men feel like strangers here on our own [F] streets
[G] _ Things changed so fast they never saw the [C] signs
[D] _ The [Dm] ground was taken from beneath their [F] feet
[G] _ Time moved on and they were [A] left behind
_ [F] Do [C] we stand
[Am] for [A] our clan?
[F] What [Am] does it mean to be an [A] Englishman?
[F] Do [G] we still [Am] have something [F] left to say? _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ People [A] get lost inside their [D] virtual lives
[Am] In 5 [C].1 high-definition [G] screens
[D] _ While others give their all just to survive
[Am] Your avatar forgot what [C] living means
[D] _ It made us cross our shores by our own [F] leave
[G] Our name [C] unconscious slipped in from our grasp
[D] For no [Dm] good reason we can [F] conceive
[G] _ Or are we all just living in [A] the past?
[F] _ [Am] Too much lost
_ Who to [A] trust?
[F] Do we [Am] even know if [G] our [A] cause is just?
[Am] _ Somewhere our Jerusalem got blown [F] away
_ _ _ _ Somewhere yesterday
[G] _ [D] We _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] plundered fields and dug up all the coal
_ [D] We never [Am] knew there was a better [G]
way
[D] Then we unleashed what we could not control
And sent it riding on [C] and on again
[D] _ And so we give thanks for the soldier [F]
boy
[G] _ The one who never grew to be [Em] a man
[D] _ He wears the crown who has the [F] biggest toy
[G] _ 200,000 burning [A] in Japan
And all [Am] of this in the name of a so-called freedom
I [F] am removing [Am] thoughts
[F#] Track my cameras [A] in the sky
[F] The last of that [A] ancient [Am] life
Falling down, [A]
mountainside
Less than a storm of a time
[D] No [Am] longer alive
[E] _ [Em] Savage man dwelt in the campersite
[Am] _
[Em] How did we live [C] in this [Em] spot? _ _
_ [G] 1984, dreaming, wet [Em] snow on [Am] the surface
[C] City and the stars
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm]
Savage man, [G] we're grinding in the [Em] cap of six
[Am] How [Em] did we let it [C] get this [Em] far?
[E] _ _ _
[G] 1984, dreaming, [Em] wet snow on the [Am] surface
_ [Em] City [C] and the [E] stars
[D] City and [F] the stars on the TV show
Famous places you don't know
Tell your colleagues
Who to [G] be
_ [F] _ Profits made their self-prediction
Truth was their kind of fiction
Bright people are
But _ [G] nobody wanted to [A] see
[F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [B] _
[C] [F#] Stars _ [Em] _ [A] _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ on the TV screen
Pains of history so obscene
Reality of stories told
So many [G] flies on one [F] big ball
Music playing in the credits rolled
We all did what [G] we were [F] told
Minus the make-believe beats
We made [G] a song so [Em] neat
Savage man dwelt in the [Am] campersite
How [Em] did we [C] let it get [D] this [Em] far?
_ _ 1984, dreaming, wet snow on [Am] the surface
_ _ [G] [C] City and the stars
[Em] _
_ _ Savage man, we're grinding in the campersite
[Am] _ [Em] How did we let it get this far? _
_ 1984, dreaming, wet snow on the [Am] surface
[C] City and the [Em] stars
City and the stars
On _ _ _ [Am] _ _
the TV [C] screen
[D] _ [Em] _ No TV to watch
In the wet snow [Am] on the surface _ _
_ [C] _ [G] City [Em] and the stars _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _