E                A
  The city was too late for us
B                  A
  I got there and you wanted to get away
E                A
  The city was too grey for us
B                        A                              E
  We slept through the blue skies under clouds and the duvet
                          A
And the streets are all too straight for us
B                A               E
  A parade of nobility seen from above
                 A
The city is to blame for us
B            A      C#m  G#m  F#m  F#m
  And what was our love...
        C#m  G#m  F#m  F#m
What was...

[Verse 2]
E                    A
  The city makes you make a fuss
B                    A
  There's places to meet up under the light
E                   A
  The city's got its stake in us
B                 A                        E
  It's keeping receipts of our hello's and our hi's
                  A
And everything is made of dust
B                        A                      E
  From the backs of the comets to the little street mice
                  A
The city takes so long to get quiet
   B       A
And lust... wasn't sleeping that night

[Bridge]
C#m  G#m     F#m        F#m          C#m  G#m  F#m  F#m
  Before we knew it, we knew it was right
C#m  G#m     F#m             F#m         C#m G#m  F#m  F#m
  Before we blew it I didn't know that we might
C#m            G#m          F#m
  And now it's somebody's story
    F#m      C#m   G#m       F#m  F#m
And I'm not sorry that it's mine
C#m  G#m    F#m     F#m     A
  Before we knew it we were out of time

[Verse 3]
E                         A
  And the city says, "Oh, if I could..."
B                      A                          E
  But the rain-soaked battered view makes you not sure
                     A
Am I walking in your neighbourhood?
B                            A                           E
  I was just driving by the rained-out streets where we once were
                     A
And even though it's way too late
B                A
  Time seems to have stopped still where we stood
E                            A
  You ran back in and you're somewhere in the city
        B                        A                   E
You're somewhere in the city and I hope you're good