The Fabled City
The NightwatchmanVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
X2
Me and Harvey shouted slogans in Spanish
Like it was our world to win
Then they move a plant down a hater
Time to bite your tongue again
I've seen the fabled city
It's streets are paved with gold
But an iron fence runs round it
It's iron gate is closed
X2
What ain't right ain't right he told me
But something else passed behind his eyes
No he's downtown on his knees washing floors for somebody
And quietly biding his time
I've seen the fabled city
It's streets are paved with gold
But an iron fence runs round it
It's iron gate is closed
The gas station on Sunset and Crescent
I met an angel sad and old
She lived in the alley behind the market
In the shadows may be hidden from the lord
And for a dollar she sang a song
Sounded more like a prayer
A wish that her dead mother and father
Couldn't look down and see her there
I've seen the fabled city
It's streets are paved with gold
But an iron fence runs round it
It's iron gate is closed
X2
On a wire outside my window
There sit one hundred swallows
And I suspect that if one flew
Then ninety-nine would follow
Chords are:
0 3 0 1
1 0 1 1
2 0 0 2
2 0 2 3
0 2 3 3
0 3 0 1
The Am G F E that ends the second chorus is
5 3 1 0
5 3 1 0
5 4 2 1
7 5 3 2
7 5 3 2
5 3 1 0
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Readable chord sheet for The Fabled City by The Nightwatchman
[Am] [G] [Am] [C] X2
Me and [Am]Harvey shouted slogans [C]in Spanish
[G] Like it was our world to [Am]win
Then they move a plant down a [C]hater
Time to [G]bite your tongue ag[Am]ain
I've [F]seen the fabled [Am]city
It's [G]streets are paved with g[Am]old
But an [F]iron fence ru[Am]ns round it
It's [C]iron ga[G]te is c[Am]losed
[Am] [G] [Am] [C] X2
What a[Am]in't right ain't right he [C]told me
But something [G]else passed behind his e[Am]yes
No he's d[Am]owntown on his knees washing fl[C]oors for somebody
And [G]quietly biding his t[Am]ime
I've [F]seen the fabled [Am]city
It's [G]streets are paved with g[Am]old
But an [F]iron fence ru[Am]ns round it
It's [C]iron ga[G]te is clo[Am]sed [G] [F] [E]
[Am] [G] [Am] [C]
[Am] [G] [Am] [C]
[C] [G] [C] [G]
[Am] [G] [Am] [C]
The [Am]gas station on Sunset and[C] Crescent
I met an [G]angel sad and o[Am]ld
She lived in the alley be[C]hind the market
In the [G]shadows may be hidden from the l[Am]ord
And f[Am]or a dollar she sa[C]ng a song
[G]Sounded more like a p[Am]rayer
A w[Am]ish that her dead moth[C]er and father
Couldn't [G]look down and see her t[Am]here
I've [F]seen the fabled [Am]city
It's [G]streets are paved with g[Am]old
But an [F]iron fence ru[Am]ns round it
It's [C]iron ga[G]te is c[Am]losed
[Am] [G] [Am] [C] X2
On a [F]wire outside my w[Am]indow
There [G]sit one hundred s[Am]wallows
And I [F]suspect that i[Am]f one flew
Then n[G]inety-nine would fo[Am]llow
Chords are:
[Am] 0 [G] 3 [C] 0 [F] 1
1 0 1 1
2 0 0 2
2 0 2 3
0 2 3 3
0 3 0 1
The Am G F E that ends the second chorus is
[A] 5 [G] 3 [F] 1 [E] 0
5 3 1 0
5 4 2 1
7 5 3 2
7 5 3 2
5 3 1 0