My City Was Gone Chords by Pretenders
- Key: E
- BPM: 107
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
MY CITY WAS GONE CHORDS
[Intro] B7 E E7 B7 E7 E B7 A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E7 B A E E7 B A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E B B7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E7 A E I went back to Ohio ■ A E But my city was gone ■ B A E There was no train station B7 A E There was no downtown ■ B A E South Howard had disappeared ■ B A E ■ All my favorite places [Chorus] A E My city had been pulled down A E Reduced to ■ parking spaces B7 Ay oh way to go Ohio E Esus4 E Esus4 E7 A E E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Inst] A E A E A D E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A E7 Well I went back to Ohio ■ E A E ■ But my family was gone ■ A E7 I stood on the back porch A B7 E7 There was nobody home ■ ■ A E I was stunned and amazed ■ A E My childhood memories A B7 E Slowly swirled past ■ A E Like the wind through the trees A B7 Ay oh way to go Ohio E Esus4 E Esus4 E7 Bm7 E7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] E7 A7 E7 Em7 A7 E7 Em7 Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A7 Em7 E E7 E E7 A7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B7 A7 E7 B7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] B7 E I went back to Ohio ■ B A E But my pretty countryside ■ A E Had been paved down the middle ■ B A E By a government that had no pride A E7 The farms of Ohio ■ A E Had been replaced by shopping malls B A E And Muzak filled the air B E From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls Gbm7 B7 Said ay oh way to go Ohio E Esus4 E Esus4 E D E E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] A7 E7 E E7 A7 G Em7 Asus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 A7 B E7 E A B7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A7 B7 E7 A7 E7 E B7 Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E B7 B E7 Bm7 Em7 E7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] A D E A D E7 B7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E7 E B7 E E7 B7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■