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Tuning:
(riff 1) intro
(riff 2) intro
(riff 1) intro
(variant 1) intro
concrete and chaos rise up (riff 1)
spiderweb across the land like a giant rash. (riff 2)
forests lie down below (riff 1)
foundations of buildings in a bed of ash. (riff 2)
people here got it real good, (riff 1)
'cuz the glass towers bring prosperity. (riff 2)
and other people starve in the street (riff 1)
concrete knows no sympathy. (variant 2)
big Fcity, Gbig Ccity
big Fcity, Gbig Ccity
big Fcity, Gbig Ccity
Fbig city, Cit's a wishing well.
Fbig city, Cit's a living hell.
this town, it's ***ing insane: (riff 1)
one will starve and another will gain. (riff 2)
it's like a giant mechanical brain, (riff 1)
and the people are cells and the streets are veins. (riff 2)
Fit thinks Gonly of Citself,
Fthousand limbs Gcrawling it Cexpands and grows,
and Fstill the Gconcrete Csits there,
Fsits there Gstark gray and Ccold.
(riff 3)(second half only)
(riff 3)(second half only)
and i think i wanna be a brick layer, (riff 3)
so i can put another brick in the wall. (riff 3)
it's stanitary, rational, and happy and sane. (riff 3)
growing like a flower to surround us all. (riff 3)
riff 1
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|-------3---------5-----3-3-3----3-3-3---3-|
|-1-1-1-----3-3-3--------------------------|
variant 1
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|---------------------------5-5------------|
|-------3---------5---3-3-3------3---------|
|-1-1-1-----3-3-3--------------------------|
variant 2
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|------------------------------5-5-5-------|
|---------------------------5--5-5-5-------|
|-------3---------5---3-3-3----3-3-3-------|
|-1-1-1-----3-3-3--------------------------|
riff 2
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|------------------------------------5-----|
|---------------------------5--3-3-3-------|
|-------3---------5---3-3-3------------3---|
|-1-1-1-----3-3-3--------------------------|
riff 3 (first half) (second half)
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|--------------------------------------|--5----5----5-5----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--------------|--5----5----5-5--5----8---3-3--3--3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5------|--3----3----3-3--5----8---3-3--3--3--|
|-------------------------3-3-3-3------|-----------------3----6---1-1--1--1--|
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