Blackbird Raum Cities chords

Cities by Blackbird Raum


   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