Lirik dan Chord Lagu Cities - Talking Heads

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1979 melalui label Sire Records.

“Cities” muncul dalam album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk Fear of Music.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Cities” dari Talking Heads.

[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