Cities(Chords)

	        Am               G#m 
I look down on the city 
       Gm                F#m 
It's burning, It's burning 
    Fm           Fm            E     E    
Everything's prettier at night 
       Am             G#m 
The flames are all leaping 
           Gm           F#m 
they're eating the buildings 
Fm           Fm            E     E 
Orion lets give her a chance 
Am                     G#m 
The stars are all twinkling 
        Gm                F#m 
they're mirroring the dancing 
       Fm              Fm                E       E           
of the flames as they reach towards the sky 
    Am               G#m         Gm       F#m 
I'm hoping and I'm praying for a better tomorrow 
   Fm             Fm         E      E 
atleast one that isn't so bright 


Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E  E   x2 


    Am         G#m      Gm         F#m 
The fire is growing, engulfing the city 
   Fm            Fm         E         E 
the flames that are warming my bones 
    Am          G#m              Gm          F#m 
the light is so bright that the stars are forgotten 
  Fm           Fm         E      E 
the only god left is the moon 
     Am            G#m              Gm              F#m 
The people are crying, shouting, screaming they're dying 
     Fm          Fm             E           E 
those living are left without homes 
         Am              G#m        Gm           F#m 
but their houses were built on the blood of some mother 
Fm          Fm          E     E 
another who is yet unknown 


Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E  E  x2 


      Am          G#m            Gm              F#m 
And i want to go down there and walk through the city 
Fm             Fm              E        E 
heat from my heart in those flames 
    Am            G#m          Gm        F#m  
I see someone standing, a stranger in shadows 
    Fm            Fm          E          E 
I greet him, he calls out my name 
      Am            G#m         Gm          F#m  
I say 'Ra we've succeeded, the city is defeated 
   Fm              Fm         E       E 
we accomplished wherefor we came' 
        Am               G#m            Gm           F#m 
He says 'fool don't you know that's the work of no mortal 
      Fm         Fm            E          E 
the sun and the stars are to blame' 

Am   Am   F   F   D#m  D#m  D#m  D#m  x3 

Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E  E 

Am G#m Gm F#m Fm Fm E  G# 

      Am          G#m           Gm         F#m 
The fire has burned out, the embers are cooling 
    Fm                Fm           E       E 
The ash falls, it looks just like snow 
       Am            G#m            Gm                F#m 
The children who survived and the ghosts of those who didn't 
     Fm            Fm           E         E 
are playing like there's no tomorrow 
        Am          G#m           Gm          F#m 
in the center of the city, the old gods are gathered 
    Fm           Fm        E         E 
to survey their new masterpiece 
      Am           G#m         Gm          F#m 
they discuss the pros and the cons of destruction 
      Fm          Fm       E       E 
and welcome the newly deceased 
      Am            G#m         Gm          F#m 
and orions still laughing, hes holding his sides 
       Fm           Fm           E         E 
as he rolls on the floor in the sky 
   Am   G#m       Gm        F#m 
as i realize i'm not an immortal 
      Fm       Fm         E             E 
the stranger in shadows appears at my side