Talking Heads – Cities (Guitar)

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[Intro] F#m Em Bm G Bm Bm G Bm [Verse 1]
D                D
 Think of London, small city

D     D
 Dark, dark in the daytime

D             D
 People sleep, sleep in the daytime

D                D
 If they want to, if they want to
[Hook]
C#                      C#      
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out

D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out

G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points

F                     F
 But it all works out, though I'm a little freaked out I'll

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm [Verse 2]
D                  D
 Lot of rich people in Birmingham

D             D
 Lot of ghosts in a lot of houses

D                D
 Look over there! Dry ice factory

D              D
 Good place to get some thinking done
[Hook]
C#                      C#      
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out

D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there's

G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points

F                     F
 But it all works out, you know I'm a little freaked out I'll

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm [Instrumental break]
D 
(x8)
[Hook]
C#                      C#      
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out

D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there's

G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points

F                     F
 But it all works out, sometimes I'm a little freaked out I'll

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
        Help me
[Verse 3]
D                        D
 Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis

D                 D
 Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks

D           D
 Do I smell? I smell home cooking

D                  D
It's only the river, it's only the river
[Hook]
C#                      C#      
  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out

D                     D
 I got it figured out, I got it figured out, there's

G7 G6            G7 G6
        Good points       some bad points

F                     F
 But it all works out, sometimes I'm a little freaked out I'll

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in

Bm G Bm
       I will 

F#m            Em                            Bm G Bm
   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm Bm G Bm