City On The Hill Chords

KeyE Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays517

City On The Hill by Casting Crowns is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E6, E, Badd11, Aadd9, A and Aadd11. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			



Intro:  E6 E Badd11 Aadd9 (2x)

e|---------------------------2---------0-----| 
B|-------5---------9-------4---4-----0---4---| 
G|-----6---6-----9---9---4---------2---------| 
D|---6---------9-----------------4-----------| 
A|-4---------7---------2---------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------| 



         E6                    E 
Did you hear of the city on a hill 

         Badd11        Aadd9 
Said one old man to the other 

                 E6                             E 
It once shined bright and it would be shining still 

        Badd11                       Aadd9 
But they all started turning on each other 

             E6                              E 
You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow 

         Badd11                         Aadd9 
And the soldiers thought the poets were weak 

          E6                            E 
And the elders saw the young ones as foolish 

        Badd11                            Aadd9 
And the rich man never heard the poor man speak 




 
            A            E 
And one by one they ran away 

          Badd11                          Aadd9 
With their made up minds to leave it all behind 

         A              E                   Badd11 
And the light began to fade in the city on a hill 

                E6 E Badd11 Aadd9 
The city on a hill 



verse 2(same chord pattern as verse one) 



Bridge: 
                Aadd9 
But it was the rhythm of the dancers 

      E6            Badd11 
that gave the poets life 

            Aadd9                               E6                Badd11 
It was the spirit of the poets that gave the soldiers strength to fight 

           Aadd9                                E6            Aadd11 
It was the fire of the young ones, it was the wisdom of the old 

             E                          E6      Badd11  Aadd11 
It was the story of the poor man that needed be told  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante