City Lights Chords

KeyA Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

City Lights by Ray Price is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords A, D, A7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			By Mike Terrian - [email protected] 
 
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All chords relative to capo. 
 
 
A  =  002220                     D  =  x00232 
 
A7 =  002020                     E  =  022100 
 
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A                A7             D 
A bright aray of city lights as far as I can see, 
    E                                             A 
The great white wave shines through the night for lonely guys like me. 
                 A7                D 
The caberays and honky tonks there flashing signs invite, 
  E                                               A 
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights. 
 
 
E                                     A 
Lights that say forget her name and a glass of cherri wine, 
E                                 A 
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine. 
                    A7           D 
They paint a pretty picture of a world thats gay and brite, 
         E                                            A 
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights. 
 
A                      A7                D 
The world was dark and god made stars to brighten up the night, 
    E                                   A 
But god who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights. 
                          A7              D 
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right. 
       E                                            A 
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights. 
 
 
E                                    A 
Lights that say forget her love in a diffrent atmosphere, 
E                                  A 
Lights that lure are nothing but a maskeray for tears. 
                    A7             D 
They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold her tight, 
      E                                         A 
And I just can't say I love to a street of city lights.  
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante