Originally in A, I play in D
Highest note is the I (“nowhere else in *sight*”
| D | G | D | A | D | G | D | A |
| → | → | → | → |
The second half of each phrase changes on downbeats during the verse
| D | G | D | A |
| → | Somewhere out on th | at ho | rizon |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | Out beyond the n | eon | lights |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | I know there must be so | mething | better |
| D | G | A | D |
| → | But there’s | nowhere else in | sight |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | It’s survival i | n the | city |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | When you live from d | ay to | day |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | City streets don’t h | ave much | pity |
| D | G | A/G | D | G/D |
| → | When you’re | down that’s where you’ll | stay |
| A/D | G/D | |
| In the | city, ah | ah |
| D | G/D | A/D | G/D |
| In the | city, ah | ah |
Solo
| D | C | G | D | A | D | G | D | A |
| → | → | → | → |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | → |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | I was born here i | n the | city |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | With my back ag | ainst the | wall |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | Nothing grows and life ain’t v | ery | pretty |
| D | G | A/G | D |
| → | And no one’s there to c | atch you when you | fall |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | Somewhere out on t | hat hor | izon |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | Far away from the n | eon | sky |
| D | G | D | A |
| → | I know there must be s | omething | better |
| D | G | A | D | G/D |
| → | And I can’t s | tay another | night |
| A/D | G/D | |
| In the | city, ah | ah |
| D | G/D | A/D | G/D |
| In the | city, ah | ah |
| D | G/D | A/D | G/D |
| In the | city |
| D | G/D | A/D | G/D |
| In the | city |