How to Play The City on Guitar?

Ed Sheeran - The City can be played in the key of Em using the Em, D, C, G chords. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The City with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Ed Sheeran - The City Chords

Chord reference Em, D, C, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Em] [D] [C] [Em]This city [D]never [C]sleeps [Em]I hear the people walk by when [D]it’s late [C] [Em]Sirens bleed through my window sill, I [D]can’t [C]close my eyes [Em]Don’t control what I’m [D]into [C] [Em]This tower is [D]alive [C] [Em]The lights that blind keep me [D]awake [C] [Em]With my hood up and lace [D]untied, [C]sleep fills my mind [Em]Don’t control what I’m [D]into [C]

[C]London c[D]alls me a stranger,[Em]a traveller[G] [C]This is [D]now my [G]home, my home [Em]Oh, [D]oh, I’m burning [C]on the back streets [Em]Oh, oh, [D]stuck [C]here sitting in the back seat, [Em]Oh, oh, and I’m [D]blazing [C]on the street And [C]what I do isn’t up to you, And if the [D]city never sleeps then that makes two

[Em]The pavement is [D]my [C]friend [Em]It will take me where I need to [D]go [C] [Em]I find it trips me [D]up, and [C]puts me down [Em]This is not what I’m [D]used [C]to [Em]The shop across [D]the road [C] [Em]Fulfills my needs and gives me [D] [C]company, when I need it [Em]Voices speak through my [D]walls, I don’t [C]think I’m gonna make it [Em]Past [D]tomorrow [C]

[C]London c[D]alls me a stranger,[Em]a travelle[G]r [C]This is [D]now my [G]home, my home [Em]Oh, [D]oh, I’m burning [C]on the back streets [Em]Oh, oh, [D]stuck [C]here sitting in the back seat, [Em]Oh, oh, and I’m [D]blazing [C]on the street And [C]what I do isn’t up to you, And if the [D]city never sleeps then that makes two

[C]And my lungs [D]hurt, And my ears bled, [Em]With the sound of the city [G]life, echoed in my head [C]Do I need [D]this, to keep me alive [G]The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along

[Em]I’m from a city where the rain won’t cease [D]Pollution in the air matches [C]that on the street The [Em]black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like [D]Walking into [C]elephant syringes in the puddle, like [Em]I was a country boy when I moved out [D]Grew up too fast for [C]my family to find out [Em]Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives [D]Can’t resort to arrogance with [C]white lies [Em]This city won’t erase me But [D]I can’t help to see how this [C]dark city changed me [Em]It’s all the same scene, music is my life [D]But I try to fight [C]whatever I need to hide from [Em]North, South, East, West, London’s my [D]home now, knees weak, [C]but we never slow down [Em]Now I start to do my music properly And [D]stay from all the [C]negative shit that will follow me

[C]London [D]calls me a [Em]stranger, a [G]traveller [C]This [D*]is now my [G]home, my home [Em]Oh, [D]oh, I’m burning [C]on the back streets [Em]Oh, oh, [D]stuck [C]here sitting in the back seat, [Em]Oh, oh, and I’m [D]blazing [C]on the street And [C]what I do isn’t up to you, And if the [D]city never sleeps then that makes two

[Em]Oh, [D]oh, I’m burning [C]on the back streets [Em]Oh, oh, [D]stuck [C]here sitting in the back seat, [Em]Oh, oh, and I’m [D]blazing [C]on the street [C]And what I do isn’t up to you, And if the [D*]city never sleeps then that makes two [Em]

Artist Ed Sheeran

Album +

Genres Pop

Year 2011

Key Em

Ed Sheeran - The City can be played in the key of Em using the Em, D, C, G chords.

For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The City with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.