Key: G
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
This city never sleeps
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
I hear the people walk by when it's late
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Don't control what I'm into
G6/E
D5(9) C
This tower is alive
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
The lights that blind keep me awake
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Don't control what I'm into
C
D
D4
G#4/7
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C
D
D4
G#4/7
This is now my home, my home
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D5(9)
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
The pavement is my friend
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
It will take me where I need to go
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
I find it trips me up, and puts me down
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
This is not what I'm used to
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
The shop across the road
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Voices speak through my walls, I don't think I'm gonna make it
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Past tomorrow
C
D
D4
G#4/7
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C
D
D4
G#4/7
This is now my home, my home
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D5(9)
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
C
D
And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,
D4
With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head
C
D
Do I need this, to keep me alive
C
D
The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along
G6/E
I'm from a city where the rain won't cease
D5(9) C5(9)
Pollution in the air matches that on the street
G6/E
The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like
D5(9) C5(9)
Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like
G6/E
I was a country boy when I moved out
D5(9) C5(9)
Grew up too fast for my family to find out
G6/E
Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives
D5(9) C5(9)
Can't resort to arrogance with white lies
G6/E
This city won't erase me
D5(9) C5(9)
But I can't help to see how this dark city changed me
G6/E
It's all the same scene, music is my life
D5(9) C5(9)
But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from
G6/E
North, South, East, West,
D5(9) C5(9)
London's my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down
G6/E
Now I start to do my music properly
D5(9) C5(9)
And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me
C
D
G6/E
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
C
D
G6/E
G#4/7
This is now my home, my home
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
G6/E
D5(9) C5(9)
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D
G6/E
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two