Heart Of The City

Words and Music by Raccoon

as recorded on Loose In The City

 

The chord progression to this song is:

·        D, D7, G, A

 

D                                                                 D7

Deep in the heart of the city where you gotta fight to live each day

                    G                   A

I saw an old friend of mine bow to his knees and pray

  D                                                   D7

Along came the red-eyed policeman - Sadly he did say,

                        G                                     A

“There’s nothing here in the law books that says that you can’t stay right here”

       D                                           D7

And people gathered around him to see if he was well

                  G                                 A

I'm not the only one who heard him slam the gates to hell

 

            D                                          D7

From a whisper to a tremble - From a tremble to a roar

G                                               A

Do you think we finally found the keys to heaven’s door?

            D                                          D7

From a whisper to a tremble - From a tremble to a roar

G                                 A

Could you imagine if we had ten million more?

 

(break)

 

        D                             D7

Well, up in the sky you can see the thirteenth tribe

          G                          A

Flyin' hand in hand with a new law for the land

D                              D7

Up in the sky you can see the thirteenth tribe

          G                          A

Flyin' hand in hand with a new law for the land

 

D                      D7

Out on the skyline I see a wave

G                                                  A

I can’t turn my head and run - I’ve got to be brave

      D                         D7

Cuz I have the key and I hold the key

G                                    A

Ain’t no way that you can take it from me

 

D                         D7

Out on the highway I know my role

G

Hangin' on to an old street light

        A

And makin' half-dreams whole

 

D                             D7

I’ve had the dreams - I hold them true

G                                                   A

Sitting here tryin' to figure out the next thing I should do

D                                  D7

I’ve had the dreams and I’ve seen the unseen

G                                              A

I’ve got so much power that I’m busting at the seams