Alice Phoebe Lou - The City Sleeps: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The City Sleeps" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The City Sleeps Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Alice Phoebe Lou

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The City Sleeps" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A6        B6             Emaj7
Babe have you seen those leaves on the ground
          A6                 B6          Emaj7
At first they shone from the pavement in gold
red and brown
             A6                   B6
And they've been trampled on and ridden over
                  Emaj7
And they're just sludge lying around
                  B                  C#m
And I think it's time to leave this town

The trees whisper secrets of summer's love affairs
Of the carelessness tomfoolery that happened
everywhere
But as the doors close
And the wind blows
The city sleeps
And the sky weeps
And I know I know
I know it's time to leave this town
Oh no you won't see me hanging around

But babe I'll be back
When the sun starts to seep through the leaves
When I can sing you a song
As you sing along
On these magic berlin streets
With our night riding
Midnight gliding
Morning dancing
Pavement prancing
You know oh you know
You know I'll be back to live this town
Oh you know I'll be back to love this town


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A6

Guitar chord A6

B

Guitar chord B

B6

Guitar chord B6

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

Emaj7

Guitar chord Emaj7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The City Sleeps" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The City Sleeps" by Alice Phoebe Lou.