This City
Steve EarleVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown
Blood in the water, and Hell to pay
Sky tear open and pain rain down
Doesn't matter let come what may
I ain't ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown
Ain't the river or the wind to blame
As everybody around here knows
Nothing holding back Pontchartrain
'cept a prayer and a promise's ghost
This town's digging our graves
In solid marble above the ground
Maybe our bones will wash away
But this city won't ever drown
This city won't ever die
Just as long as our heart beats strong
Like a second line steppin' high
Raisin' hell as we roll along
Gentille to Vieux Carre
Lower 9, Central City, Uptown
Singing jockamo fee nané
This city won't ever drown
Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna leave this town
This city won't wash away
This city won't ever drown.
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Readable chord sheet for This City by Steve Earle
[D]This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown Blood in the water, and Hell to pay Sky tear open and pain rain down [G]Doesn't matter let come what may [Em]I ain't ever gonna leave this town [D]This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown [D]Ain't the river or the wind to blame As everybody around here knows Nothing holding back Pontchartrain 'cept a prayer and a promise's ghost [G]This town's digging our graves [Em]In solid marble above the ground [D]Maybe our bones will wash away But this city won't ever drown [D]This city won't ever die Just as long as our heart beats strong Like a second line steppin' high Raisin' hell as we roll along [G]Gentille to Vieux Carre [Em]Lower 9, Central City, Uptown [D]Singing jockamo fee nané This city won't ever drown [G]Doesn't matter 'cause there ain't no way [Em]I'm ever gonna leave this town [D]This city won't wash away This city won't ever drown.