Chords for Keb' Mo' City Boy
Tempo:
95.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C]
[G]
[Cm] [G]
I hear the voice and I hear the sound
Sound of a shooting, [C] shoving on my town
[G] Too many people, too [C] many cars
[Em] Take me [G] to Memphis, Mercury, [C] or [G] Mars
Cause I want to go [D] where [Em] the foam on [G] the water
I'm just [C] a city boy [G]
looking for a home
[C] I [G]
[B] [G] can't breathe and I can't see
The city is no place for me
[C] And [G] I can't see the flood in my way
I'm just existing in no place [C] today
[G] Cause I want to be [D] where [Em]
my soul can run [G] free
[C] I'm just a city boy looking [G] for a home
[C]
[G] Now I [D] don't want to be [G] no prisoner
And [C]
[Em] I sure [G] don't want to be no slave
[C] I [G] [D] want to look out at night [Em] and see stars in [G] the sky
The [C#] little [A] dimple and the milky way
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
[B] Well I [G] can't sing, it's [C] too loud
[G] And when I'm all alone there seems to be a crowd
And I'm tired of all these concrete streets
I want to be here, up on my feet
And I want to go [D]
[Em] somewhere where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] looking for a home
[C] I [G]
[C]
[G] want to go [D]
somewhere [Em] where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] looking for a home
[Bm] [G] Oh [C] I'm just a city [G] boy looking for [C] a home
[G] [A]
[G]
[Cm] [G]
I hear the voice and I hear the sound
Sound of a shooting, [C] shoving on my town
[G] Too many people, too [C] many cars
[Em] Take me [G] to Memphis, Mercury, [C] or [G] Mars
Cause I want to go [D] where [Em] the foam on [G] the water
I'm just [C] a city boy [G]
looking for a home
[C] I [G]
[B] [G] can't breathe and I can't see
The city is no place for me
[C] And [G] I can't see the flood in my way
I'm just existing in no place [C] today
[G] Cause I want to be [D] where [Em]
my soul can run [G] free
[C] I'm just a city boy looking [G] for a home
[C]
[G] Now I [D] don't want to be [G] no prisoner
And [C]
[Em] I sure [G] don't want to be no slave
[C] I [G] [D] want to look out at night [Em] and see stars in [G] the sky
The [C#] little [A] dimple and the milky way
[D] [A]
[G] [D]
[B] Well I [G] can't sing, it's [C] too loud
[G] And when I'm all alone there seems to be a crowd
And I'm tired of all these concrete streets
I want to be here, up on my feet
And I want to go [D]
[Em] somewhere where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] looking for a home
[C] I [G]
[C]
[G] want to go [D]
somewhere [Em] where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] looking for a home
[Bm] [G] Oh [C] I'm just a city [G] boy looking for [C] a home
[G] [A]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
A
G
C
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I hear the voice _ and I hear the sound _ _ _ _
_ Sound of a shooting, _ [C] shoving on my town
_ [G] Too many people, _ _ too [C] many cars _ _
[Em] Take me [G] to Memphis, Mercury, _ [C] or [G] Mars
_ Cause I want to go _ [D] where _ [Em] the foam on [G] the water
I'm just [C] a city boy [G] _ _
looking for a home
[C] I _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] [G] can't breathe and _ _ I can't see
_ _ The city is no place for me
[C] And _ [G] I can't see the flood in my way
_ _ I'm just existing in no place [C] today
_ [G] Cause I want to be _ [D] where _ [Em]
my soul can run [G] free
_ [C] I'm just a city boy _ looking _ [G] for a home
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Now I [D] _ _ don't want to be [G] no prisoner
And _ _ [C] _
[Em] I sure [G] don't want to be no slave
[C] I [G] _ _ [D] want to look out at night _ [Em] and see stars in [G] the sky
The [C#] little [A] dimple and the milky way
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Well I [G] can't sing, _ _ _ it's [C] too loud
_ _ _ [G] _ And when I'm all alone there seems to be a crowd
And I'm tired of all these concrete streets
_ _ _ _ I want to be here, _ _ up on my feet
And I want to go _ [D] _ _
[Em] somewhere where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy _ _ [G] looking for a home
[C] I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ want to go _ [D] _
somewhere [Em] where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] _ looking for a home
[Bm] _ _ [G] Oh [C] I'm just a city [G] boy _ _ _ looking for [C] a home _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I hear the voice _ and I hear the sound _ _ _ _
_ Sound of a shooting, _ [C] shoving on my town
_ [G] Too many people, _ _ too [C] many cars _ _
[Em] Take me [G] to Memphis, Mercury, _ [C] or [G] Mars
_ Cause I want to go _ [D] where _ [Em] the foam on [G] the water
I'm just [C] a city boy [G] _ _
looking for a home
[C] I _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] [G] can't breathe and _ _ I can't see
_ _ The city is no place for me
[C] And _ [G] I can't see the flood in my way
_ _ I'm just existing in no place [C] today
_ [G] Cause I want to be _ [D] where _ [Em]
my soul can run [G] free
_ [C] I'm just a city boy _ looking _ [G] for a home
[C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Now I [D] _ _ don't want to be [G] no prisoner
And _ _ [C] _
[Em] I sure [G] don't want to be no slave
[C] I [G] _ _ [D] want to look out at night _ [Em] and see stars in [G] the sky
The [C#] little [A] dimple and the milky way
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Well I [G] can't sing, _ _ _ it's [C] too loud
_ _ _ [G] _ And when I'm all alone there seems to be a crowd
And I'm tired of all these concrete streets
_ _ _ _ I want to be here, _ _ up on my feet
And I want to go _ [D] _ _
[Em] somewhere where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy _ _ [G] looking for a home
[C] I _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ want to go _ [D] _
somewhere [Em] where the buffalo [G] roam
I'm [C] just a city boy [G] _ looking for a home
[Bm] _ _ [G] Oh [C] I'm just a city [G] boy _ _ _ looking for [C] a home _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _