Talking Heads - Cities

      [Intro]
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Em

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[Verse 1]
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 Think of London, small city
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 Dark, dark in the daytime
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 People sleep, sleep in the daytime
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 If they want to, if they want to

[Hook]
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  I'm checking them out,  I'm checking them out
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 I got it figured out, I got it figured out
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        Good points       some bad points
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 But it all works out, though I'm a little freaked out I’ll
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   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
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       I will 
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   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
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[Verse 2]
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 Lot of rich people in Birmingham
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 Lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
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 Look over there! Dry ice factory
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 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 
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   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
Bm G Bm

[Instrumental break]
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[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 
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   Find a city,   find myself a city to live in
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        Help me

[Verse 3]
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 Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis
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 Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
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 Do I smell? I smell home cooking
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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

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