In The City Chords
In The City by Jimmy Buffett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, C, Bm, G, A and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro (sung only)
D Em D C Bm
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
D D Em D C Bm
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
D D Em D C
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhh
Intro w/band
G D G D
C D C Em D
repeat
G D
As a child on the farm
G D
I was warned of the wiles of the city
C D C Em - D
G D
Of that demon disguise
G D
There's the dirt in the skies of the city
C D C Em - D
D Em D Em
Well they say the proximity warps their minds
D Em D Em
'Til they're shooting one another just pass the time
Em D
And we live it appears
C D
Both in spite and in fear of the city
G D G D
C D C Em D
Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah
Oooohhh
I was constantly told
How our lives were controlled by the city
How they keep us in debt
With the trends that they set it's a pity
Now the beautiful people in the magazines
Got the normal ones living beyond their means
And the things that they said
Made me go in my head to the city
Oooohhh
Ahhhhhhh
D Em D C Bm
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
D D Em D C Bm
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
D D Em D C
Ah, ah, ahhhhhhh, ahhh
(solo)
When I finally came
There's some things still the same in the city
Your still under the thumb
Of the rich and the young and the pretty
Well they weren't much different than we might act
If there was that many others that closely packed
It's an ancient idea
But it struck me so clear in the city
Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah
Oooohhh, ooohhhh yeah
Oooohhh
Ahhhhhh
Ah, ahhhhhh
Ah, ahhhhhh
An alternate way to play this song is to capo on the 5th fret.
Intro becomes
A Bm A G F#m
A A Bm A G F#m
A A Bm A G
D A D A
G A G Bm-A
(chorus)
A Bm A Bm
A Bm A Bm
Bm A G A