Ed Sheeran - The City Akor

Dbm B A

Dbm B A

This city never sleeps

Dbm B A

I hear the people walk by when it's late

Dbm B A

Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes

Dbm B A

Don't control what I'm into

Dbm B A

This tower is alive

Dbm B A

The lights that blind keep me awake

Dbm B A

With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind

Dbm B A

Don't control what I'm into

A B Dbm E

London calls me a stranger, a traveller

A B E

This is now my home, my home

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street

A

And what I do isn't up to you,

B

And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

Dbm B A

The pavement is my friend

Dbm B A

It will take me where I need to go

Dbm B A

I find it trips me up, and puts me down

Dbm B A

This is not what I’m used to

Dbm B A

The shop across the road

Dbm B A

Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it

Dbm B A

Voices speak through my walls, I don’t think I’m gonna make it

Dbm B A

Past tomorrow

A B Dbm E

London calls me a stranger, a traveller

A B E

This is now my home, my home

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street

A

And what I do isn't up to you,

B

And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

A B

And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,

Dbm E

With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head

A B

Do I need this, to keep me alive

The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along

I’m from a city where the rain won’t cease

B A

Pollution in the air matches that on the street

Dbm

The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like

B A

Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like

I was a country boy when I moved out

B A

Grew up too fast for my family to find out

Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives

B A

Can’t resort to arrogance with white lies

This city won’t erase me

B A

But I can’t help to see how this dark city changed me

It’s all the same scene, music is my life

B A

But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from

North, South, East, West,

B A

London’s my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down

Now I start to do my music properly

B A

And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me

A B Dbm E

London calls me a stranger, a traveller

A B E

This is now my home, my home

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street

A

And what I do isn't up to you,

B

And if the city never sleeps then that makes two

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,

Dbm B A

Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street

A

And what I do isn't up to you,

B Dbm

And if the city never sleeps then that makes two