There’s a (Em)har vest
each (Dsus4)Sat ur day (A7sus4)night at the (Em)bars filled (C)with per fume (A7sus4)and hitch ing a ride;
a place you could stand for (A7sus4)one night and get gone.
And it’s (C)clear this con ver sa tion (Dsus4)ain’t (D)do ing (A7sus4)a thing, ’cause these (C)boys on ly lis ten to me when I sing.
And I don’t feel like (Dsus4)sing ing (D)to night
all the (C)same songs.
Here in these
deep cit y (C)lights,
girl could get (G)lost
to (C)night.
I’m find ing ev ’ry rea son to be gone.
There’s noth ing here to hold on to.
Could I (C)hold you?
The sit u a tion’s al ways the same.
You got your (C)wolves in their clothes whis per ing (A7sus4)Hol ly wood’s name,
steal ing (C)gold from the sil ver (Dsus4)they (D)see.
But it’s not (C)me.
Here in these
Could I (C)hold you?
Call ing out,
(G)“Some bod y save me.” I feel like I’m (C)fad ing a way.
Am I’m gone?
Call ing out,
(G)“Some bod y save me.” I feel like I’m (C)fad ing.
Mm.
(A)No, no, no.
(C)No, no, no, (A)No, no, no, (C)no.
Deep cit y (C)lights,
girl could get (G)lost
to (C)night.
I’m find ing ev ’ry rea son to be gone,
and there’s noth ing here to hold on to.
Could I (A)hold on to
(C)you?
This page shows “City” by Sara Bareilles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.