City Drops into the Night Chords by The Jim Carroll Band

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[Eb] _ _ It's when Billy's horns are working, [Db] _ they're working with a skeleton curve.
[Ebm] _ _ It's when the sky over [Db] Jersey, that sky starts to drain from view.
[Eb] _ _ It's when my woman pours her voice [Db] on, so she can make her old excuses sound new.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] I just want [E] more blue.
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[Eb] Cause when the city drops into the night, [Db] before the darkness there's one moment of
light, [Eb] _ and everything seems clear.
But [Db] the other side, _ seems so near.
[Ebm] _ _ What [Eb] seems wrong, [Db] I think it's gonna be just about right.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ Before the city drops, _
[Db] drops, _ _ drops into the [Ebm] night. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ When the door to the river, [Db] _ that door is like 26 miles.
[Ebm] _ _ It's when ambitious little girls start, [Db] they start to dream about a change in style.
[Eb] _ _ It's when the slick [Ebm] boys got their [Db] fingers, they got their fingers in the telephone dial.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] I think I'll just [E] wait a while.
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[Eb] It's when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of light.
[Eb] _ That's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so near.
[Ebm] _ _ What, [Eb] what seems [Db] wrong, I think it's gonna be, gonna be right.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ Before [Eb] the city drops, the [Db] city drops, _ city drops into [Ebm] the night. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Night, _ _ _ _ _ night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ It's when the sneak thieves are checking, [Db] they checking the alley for unmarked [Ebm] drugs.
_ And Billy's sister's getting frantic [Db] cause, it's Billy's sister's brother can't score.
[Eb] _ _ It's when the [Ebm] woman from the dream [Db] is, oh my god, that's the woman on the [B] floor.
She's promising [Gb] just one [E] promise _ more.
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[Eb] It's when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of [Eb] light.
_ That everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so near.
[Ebm] _ _ What [Eb] seems _ [Db] wrong, I think it's gonna be, just a matter of right.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, _
[Db] city _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] drops. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ It's when Teddy's ghost is on [Db] the roof, _ beating his drum. _
[Eb] And Teddy's best friend is two [Ebm] blocks east [Db] and he's making Teddy's ex-girlfriend [Ebm] come.
_ They mistook Teddy's good trust [Db] just for proof that Teddy was dumb. _
[B] _ But listen, you know, I [Gb] think that they are [E] both just _ stunk.
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[Eb] It's when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of light.
[Eb] _ That's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so near.
[Ebm] _ _ What _ [Eb] seems [Db] wrong, I think it's gonna be, _ right.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, [Db] city drops.
It goes down into [Ebm] the night, _ _ _ _ [Eb] into the night. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ It's when the body at the bottom, [Db] _ that body is my own [Eb] reflection.
_ But it ain't here to [Ebm] sink that [Db] low, unless you're gonna make a _ resurrection.
[Ebm] _ They're always gonna come to your door, they're gonna [Db] see, they're gonna say, it's just a routine inspection.
[Eb] _ But what you get when you open your door, _ [Db] what you get is just another _ [Eb] injection.
_ [Ebm] And there's always gonna be one more with just [Db] a little bit less until the next one.
[Eb] They wait in shadows and steal light from your eyes, to [Db] them, vision's just some costly infection. _
[Eb] _ _ But you should, you should come with me, [Db] I'm the fire, I'm the fire's reflection. _ _
[Eb] _ _ I'm just [Ebm] a constant one, [Db] just a constant one to take the other direction.
[B] _ _ Mister, [Gb] I am your [E] _ _ connection.
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[Eb] It's when the city drops into the night, [Db] before the darkness there's one moment of light.
_ That's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so near.
[Ebm] _ What [Eb] frame is so real?
[Db] I think it's gonna be, it's gonna be alright.
[Ebm] _ _ Before the city drops, city [Db] drops, city goes down.
Into the [Ebm] night, _ _ _ _ [Db] into the night.
_ Ah, _ beautiful [Ebm] night, _ _ _ beautiful, beautiful [Db] night.
_ _ Into _ [Ebm] the night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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