Take back the
city
G - D
- A (3x) + D
G
D
A
1. Take back the city for
yourself tonight,
G D A
I'll take back the city for me,
G D A G D
take
back the city for yourself tonight, whoa, whoa !
G D A
2. God knows you've put your
life into its hands,
G
D A
and
it's both cradled you and crushed,
G D
A
G D
but
now it's time to make your own demands, whoa, whoa !
G D A
3. All these years later and it's killing me,
G
D
A
your
broken records and words,
G
D A
G D
ten
thousand craters where it all should be, whoa, whoa !
G D A
4. No need to put your words into my mouth,
G
D A
don't
need convincing at all,
G D A G
D
I love this place enough to
have no doubt, whoa, whoa !
A G
D C
It's a mess, it's a start, it's a flawed work of art,
A G D
F
your
city, your call, every crack, every wall.
A G D C
Pick a side, pick a fight, get your epitaph right,
A G
D F
you
can sing till you drop, ‘cause the fun just never stops.
A C D A
I love this city tonight, I love this city
always,
C D
A
it bares its teeth like a light,
and spits me out after days.
C D
A
But we're all gluttons for it, we know it's
wrong and it's right,
C D A
for every time it's been hit, take
back the city tonight !
+ G - D - A (3x) + G - D
G D A
5. Tell me you never wanted
more than this,
G D
A
and I
will stop talking now,
G D A
G D
one
perfect partner, one eternal kiss, whoa, whoa !
+ repeat verse 1
A G
D C
It's a mess, it's a start, it's a flawed work of art,
A G D F
your
city, your call, every crack, every wall.
A G
D
C
Pick a side, pick a fight, get your epitaph right,
A G D F
you
can sing till you drop, ‘cause the fun just never stops.
+ CHORUS (2x)
A C D A
I love this city tonight, I
love this city always.
A C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I love this city tonight, I
love this city always.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Snow
Patrol)