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"City Lights"
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album _The Bells_
(Lou Reed, 1979)

written by Lou Reed/Nils Lofgren
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        Don't these city lights
        light these streets to life
        Don't these crazy nights
        bring us together
        Any rainy day
        you can dance those blues away
        Don't these city lights
        bring us together

        Charlie Chaplin's cane
        well it flicked away the rain
        Things weren't quite the same
        after he came here
        But then when he left
        upon our own request
        Things weren't quite the same
        after he came here

        Don't these city lights
        bring these streets to life
        Don't these crazy nights
        bring us together
        Any rainy day
        you can dance those blues away
        Don't these city lights
        bring us together

        We're supposed to be
        a land of liberty
        And those city lights
        to blaze forever
        But that little tramp
        leaning on that street corner lamp
        When he left us
        his humor left us forever

        We're supposed to be
        a land of liberty
        And those city lights
        to blaze forever
        But that little tramp
        leaning on that street corner lamp
        When he left us
        his humor left us forever, ever

        Don't these city lights
        bring these streets to life
        Don't these crazy nights
        bring us together
        Any rainy day
        you can dance those blues away
        Don't these city lights
        bring us together
        Together




* all the strings downtuned a half-tone

 1d# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from e to d#)
 2A# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from B to A#)
 3F# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from G to F#)
 4C# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from D to C#)
 5G# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from A to G#)
 6D# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from E to D#)




intro   /Dsus4}

        {D}{A}{Em}{G}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {D}{A}{Em}{D}    (Don't these crazy nights ...)
        {D}{A}{Em}{G}    (Any rainy day ...)
        {D}{A}{Em}{D}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {D}              (Charlie -)

        {G}{G}{D}{D}     (- Chaplin's cane ...)
        {G}{G}{D}{D}     (- quite the same ...)
        {Bm}{Bm}{G}{G}   (- when he left ...)
        {Em}{Em}{A}{A}   (- quite the same ...)

        ....

piano   {D}{A}{Em}{G}
        {D}{A}{Em}{D}
        {D}{A}{Em}{G}
        {D}{A}{Em}{D}
        {D}

        {G}{G}{D}{D}     (We're supposed to be ...)
        {G}{G}{D}{D}     (- city lights to blaze forever ...)
        {Bm}{Bm}{G}{G}   (- little tramp, leaning on ...)
        {Em}{Em}{A}{A}   (When he left us, his humor left us ...)

        {D}{A}{Em}{G}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {D}{A}{Em}{D}    (Don't these crazy nights ...)
        {D}{A}{Em}{G}    (Any rainy day ...)
        {D}{A}           (Don't these city lights)
        {Em/D...         (bring us together)
        {G/D...          (together)




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* chords for standard-tuning




intro   /C#sus4}

        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{C#}    (Don't these crazy nights ...)
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}    (Any rainy day ...)
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{C#}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {C#}                 (Charlie -)

        {F#}{F#}{C#}{C#}     (- Chaplin's cane ...)
        {F#}{F#}{C#}{C#}     (- quite the same ...)
        {A#m}{A#m}{F#}{F#}   (- when he left ...)
        {D#m}{D#m}{G#}{G#}   (- quite the same ...)

        ....

piano   {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{C#}
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{C#}
        {C#}

        {F#}{F#}{C#}{C#}     (We're supposed to be ...)
        {F#}{F#}{C#}{C#}     (- city lights to blaze forever ...)
        {A#m}{A#m}{F#}{F#}   (- little tramp, leaning on ...)
        {D#m}{D#m}{G#}{G#}   (When he left us, his humor left ...)

        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}    (Don't these city lights ...)
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{C#}    (Don't these crazy nights ...)
        {C#}{G#}{D#m}{F#}    (Any rainy day ...)
        {C#}{G#}             (Don't these city lights)
        {D#m/C#...           (bring us together)
        {F#/C#...            (together)




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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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