The City And The River Chords

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Intro

C G♯ D♯

Verse 1

CTwo centuries

G♯Since I fD♯irst saw you weave

 Like a dCance around mG♯y hD♯eart

 You grew wCild when it rained

G♯I dug dD♯eep into the slate

 So we’d nCever be aG♯parD♯t

Chorus

 YoA♯u, you always sG♯tayed by mD♯e

 YoA♯u, you wander but nG♯ever lD♯eave

 And CI’m the one who A♯watches oG♯ver yD♯ou

F-7

That’s what I was built to do

C G♯ D♯

Verse 2

 Laid the tCrack, poured the streets

G♯Ties of gD♯lass and concrete

 In sCilence, you watched what IG♯ becD♯ameD♯9 D♯

 You Clifted me up

G♯Said I’d sD♯tand at the top

 And D♯9all the wCorld would know mG♯y naD♯me

(CHORUS)

Bridge

F-7 D♯ A♯ (2x)

F-7 D♯

Love, don’t you weep

A♯ You know we cannot keep

F-7 D♯ A♯

This moment here together

F-7 D♯

If you could only see

A♯ The beauty that I see

F-7 D♯ A♯

We’d go on forever

Verse 3

 And as CI turn to rust

G♯Start to cD♯rack, betray us

 YoCu, you haven’t G♯aged a dD♯ay

 When it’s tCime for me to go

G♯Promise mD♯e that you’ll flow

D♯7MUntil tGhe oCcean G♯washes you awD♯ay

Chorus

 YoA♯u, you always sG♯tayed by mD♯e

 YoA♯u, you wander but nG♯ever leD♯ave

 And CI’m the one who A♯watches oG♯ver yD♯ou

CI’m the one who A♯watches oG♯ver yD♯ou

CI’m the one who A♯watches oG♯ver yD♯ou

F-7

That’s what I was built to do

C G♯ D♯