City on the Hill

Intro: C // ( E grace-note) C // ( E gn) Am Em - F C /// ( E gn) C /// ( E gn) Am Em - F All the founding fathers - sowed their seeds into servant girls All the godless heathens - had to leave to make a newer world G G F Am - G G F So we could live together in America - Justice is blind and so is love C // ( E gn) C // ( E gn) Am Em - F (x 2) Uh-oh Uh-oh - Uh-oh Uh-oh C /// ( E gn) C /// ( E gn) Am Em - F All the stolen melodies - they played in the hit parade All the borrowed spirituals - they feigned in the salad days G G F Am - G G F So we could sing together in America - The price of an anthem paid in blood C G F Bodies stacked like hundred dollar bills - (Carved names into a wall) To build that shining city on the hill - (Forgot them all) G F G C There's no guilt, regret or shame - It just had to be this way C // ( E gn) C // ( E gn) Am Em - F (x 2) Uh-oh Uh-oh - Uh-oh Uh-oh C /// ( E gn) C /// ( E gn) Am Em - F If you scheme and hustle just don't get caught, - you've got to risk it all Or hang on every number - they read off for the Powerball G G F Am - G G F We'll all get rich together in America - Money is indifferent and so is love C G F Trash bags full of hundred dollar bills - (Put statues on the mall) We left that bombed-out city on the hill - (Forgave them all) G F G C Have to relocate the past - Because we are never going back Solo: C - G - F x 2 G - F - G - C C // ( E gn) C // ( E gn) Am Em - F (x 2) Uh-oh Uh-oh Peace Out