Chords for Jack Tempchin - YOU BELONG TO THE CITY At Sessions From The West Barn
Tempo:
113.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
C
Em
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I wrote it but it really doesn't matter because I've seen it on TV.
So by that time what had happened is I'd written some in songs and in those days,
in those days you used to get paid for that.
And money would come in [Ab] and I had all this money so I [Eb] thought what am I going to do?
I think I need to educate myself about the world to figure out what to [G] do.
[N] So I started traveling around reading books.
It was too slow.
So I thought no television is it.
And then they had just come out with remote control and I could be everywhere at once.
So I [Ab] did that for about 20 years and I wrote [C] a lot of [Bb] [F]
books.
[Em] But [D] I learned all my gears.
[Ab]
Then when I went there it was a kind of a legend.
[E]
[E]
[B] [Em] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Em] [Am]
[A] [B]
Music comes [Am]
if you're not a stare [E] at the same [A] pole.
[B]
How you rule the downstream.
[E]
Who you crown at midnight.
[B]
Traffic rules, [E] the sky [Em] they scream.
You look at [Am] their faces, it's just like a dream.
[C]
Nobody knows [B] where, [C]
nobody cares.
[B]
Don't you walk in the night.
[E]
Living in a river of [Am] darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life.
You're growing on the city.
[E]
Far [Em] made under four feet.
[Am]
Using your blood, [E] mixing your moves.
You're a man of his people.
It won't fit in your life.
You're all [Em] alone.
[E]
Try to get [Em] away from the things you've [Em] done.
Now you're like a runaway.
Now it's strange.
[A]
So much has happened but nothing has changed.
[C] Still don't know [B] where you [C] are.
Still just a face in [B] the crowd.
Don't you be on the city.
You [E] don't belong [C] to the night.
[Gb]
Living in a river of darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life.
You're growing on the city.
[E]
Concrete under four feet.
Fixing your blood, fixing your moves.
You're a [B] man of his people.
It won't fit in [G] your life.
[A] It makes it.
[C] [E]
[G] [A] It makes [Am] it.
[C] [Em] It makes it.
[G] [A] You're getting people.
[C] You're [E] gonna make it.
[G] [A] You'll take it.
You [C] can take it.
You belong.
[G] [A] Oh, you belong.
Oh, [C] [E]
you belong.
[Em] [E] [C] [Em]
[N]
So by that time what had happened is I'd written some in songs and in those days,
in those days you used to get paid for that.
And money would come in [Ab] and I had all this money so I [Eb] thought what am I going to do?
I think I need to educate myself about the world to figure out what to [G] do.
[N] So I started traveling around reading books.
It was too slow.
So I thought no television is it.
And then they had just come out with remote control and I could be everywhere at once.
So I [Ab] did that for about 20 years and I wrote [C] a lot of [Bb] [F]
books.
[Em] But [D] I learned all my gears.
[Ab]
Then when I went there it was a kind of a legend.
[E]
[E]
[B] [Em] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Em] [Am]
[A] [B]
Music comes [Am]
if you're not a stare [E] at the same [A] pole.
[B]
How you rule the downstream.
[E]
Who you crown at midnight.
[B]
Traffic rules, [E] the sky [Em] they scream.
You look at [Am] their faces, it's just like a dream.
[C]
Nobody knows [B] where, [C]
nobody cares.
[B]
Don't you walk in the night.
[E]
Living in a river of [Am] darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life.
You're growing on the city.
[E]
Far [Em] made under four feet.
[Am]
Using your blood, [E] mixing your moves.
You're a man of his people.
It won't fit in your life.
You're all [Em] alone.
[E]
Try to get [Em] away from the things you've [Em] done.
Now you're like a runaway.
Now it's strange.
[A]
So much has happened but nothing has changed.
[C] Still don't know [B] where you [C] are.
Still just a face in [B] the crowd.
Don't you be on the city.
You [E] don't belong [C] to the night.
[Gb]
Living in a river of darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life.
You're growing on the city.
[E]
Concrete under four feet.
Fixing your blood, fixing your moves.
You're a [B] man of his people.
It won't fit in [G] your life.
[A] It makes it.
[C] [E]
[G] [A] It makes [Am] it.
[C] [Em] It makes it.
[G] [A] You're getting people.
[C] You're [E] gonna make it.
[G] [A] You'll take it.
You [C] can take it.
You belong.
[G] [A] Oh, you belong.
Oh, [C] [E]
you belong.
[Em] [E] [C] [Em]
[N]
Key:
E
C
Em
B
A
E
C
Em
I wrote it but _ it really doesn't matter because I've seen it on TV.
_ _ _ _ So by that time what had happened is I'd written some _ _ in songs and in those days,
in those days you used to get paid for that.
_ And money would come in [Ab] and I had all this money so I [Eb] thought what am I going to do? _
I think I need to educate myself about the world _ to figure out what to [G] do.
[N] So I started traveling around _ reading books.
It was too slow.
So I thought no television is it.
And then they had just come out with remote control and I could be everywhere at once.
So I [Ab] did that for about 20 years and I wrote [C] a lot of _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
books.
_ [Em] _ But [D] I learned all my gears.
[Ab] _
_ _ Then when I went there it was a kind of a legend. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Music comes [Am]
if you're not a stare [E] at the same [A] pole.
[B]
How you rule the downstream.
_ [E]
Who you crown at midnight.
_ _ [B]
Traffic rules, [E] the sky [Em] they scream.
You look at [Am] their faces, it's just like a dream.
[C]
Nobody knows [B] where, _ _ _ [C]
nobody cares.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Don't you walk in the night.
_ [E] _
Living in a river of [Am] darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life. _ _ _ _ _
You're growing on the city.
_ [E] _
Far [Em] made under four feet.
_ _ [Am]
Using your blood, [E] mixing your moves.
You're a man of his people.
_ _ It won't fit in your life.
You're all [Em] alone.
[E]
Try to get [Em] away from the things you've [Em] done.
Now you're like a runaway.
_ Now it's strange.
[A]
So much has happened but nothing has changed.
[C] Still don't know [B] where you _ [C] are.
Still just a face in [B] the crowd.
Don't you be on the city.
_ You [E] don't belong [C] to the night.
_ _ [Gb]
Living in a river of darkness.
_ [B] It won't fit in your life. _ _ _ _ _
You're growing on the city.
_ _ [E] _
_ Concrete under four feet. _ _
Fixing your blood, fixing your moves.
You're a _ [B] man of his people.
It won't fit _ in [G] your life.
_ [A] It makes it.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] It makes [Am] it.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] It makes it.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] You're getting people.
_ _ [C] _ _ You're [E] gonna make it.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] You'll take it.
You [C] can take it. _ _
You belong.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] Oh, you belong.
Oh, [C] _ _ _ [E] _
you belong.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So by that time what had happened is I'd written some _ _ in songs and in those days,
in those days you used to get paid for that.
_ And money would come in [Ab] and I had all this money so I [Eb] thought what am I going to do? _
I think I need to educate myself about the world _ to figure out what to [G] do.
[N] So I started traveling around _ reading books.
It was too slow.
So I thought no television is it.
And then they had just come out with remote control and I could be everywhere at once.
So I [Ab] did that for about 20 years and I wrote [C] a lot of _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
books.
_ [Em] _ But [D] I learned all my gears.
[Ab] _
_ _ Then when I went there it was a kind of a legend. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Music comes [Am]
if you're not a stare [E] at the same [A] pole.
[B]
How you rule the downstream.
_ [E]
Who you crown at midnight.
_ _ [B]
Traffic rules, [E] the sky [Em] they scream.
You look at [Am] their faces, it's just like a dream.
[C]
Nobody knows [B] where, _ _ _ [C]
nobody cares.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Don't you walk in the night.
_ [E] _
Living in a river of [Am] darkness.
[B] It won't fit in your life. _ _ _ _ _
You're growing on the city.
_ [E] _
Far [Em] made under four feet.
_ _ [Am]
Using your blood, [E] mixing your moves.
You're a man of his people.
_ _ It won't fit in your life.
You're all [Em] alone.
[E]
Try to get [Em] away from the things you've [Em] done.
Now you're like a runaway.
_ Now it's strange.
[A]
So much has happened but nothing has changed.
[C] Still don't know [B] where you _ [C] are.
Still just a face in [B] the crowd.
Don't you be on the city.
_ You [E] don't belong [C] to the night.
_ _ [Gb]
Living in a river of darkness.
_ [B] It won't fit in your life. _ _ _ _ _
You're growing on the city.
_ _ [E] _
_ Concrete under four feet. _ _
Fixing your blood, fixing your moves.
You're a _ [B] man of his people.
It won't fit _ in [G] your life.
_ [A] It makes it.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] It makes [Am] it.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] It makes it.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] You're getting people.
_ _ [C] _ _ You're [E] gonna make it.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] You'll take it.
You [C] can take it. _ _
You belong.
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] Oh, you belong.
Oh, [C] _ _ _ [E] _
you belong.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _