Ed Sheeran - The City Chords

[Opening]
[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]

[chorus]
[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

[verse 2]
[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]

[chorus]
[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

[verse 3]
[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

[verse 4]
[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

[chorus]
[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

[Closing]
[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]