City Wrecker
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Gm F Bb x2
Gm F Bb Gm F Bb
Jenny Lee, Montreal was never the same once you were gone
Gm F Bb Gm F Bb
Jenny Lee, you should know the city fell into a sort of boring ruin, mm-hm
Gm F Bb Gm F Bb
And so we leave Montreal and so the wild mother we once knew
Gm F Bb
Jenny Lee, I know that my behaviour was probably partly
Gm F Bb
why you turned into a blade of grass and a blade of steel
Gm F Bb x2
Bb F
I was a city wrecker then
Bb F Bb F
I was a city wrecker then, I was a city wrecker then
Bb F
I was the eye pointed in
Bb F Bb F Gm F Bb
That was 2009-or-so, I am still a city wrecker now
Gm F Bb
Now
Gm F Bb
And now you live back with the anglophones
Gm F Bb
And I am where my lover needed me to go
Gm F Bb
And I love her, so I step onto the ice
Gm F Bb Gm F Bb
While you possess the common sense to demand paradise
Gm F Bb
C C
My lover, bless her patient heart
Bb
Deep down, I know this town's not as bad as I pretend
Bb F
I am a city wrecker, then
Bb F Bb F
I am a city wrecker, then, I am a city wrecker, then
Bb F
I am the eye pointed in
Bb F Bb F Bb F
It is 2000-and-whatever, I am still a city wrecker but a different kind of wrecker
Bb F Bb F
I am a different kind of wrecker, singing "la-la-la-la-la"
Bb F
As I step onto the ice
Bb F Bb F Gm F Bb
It is 2000-and-whatever, I am still a city wrecker now
Gm F Bb
Now
Gm F Bb
Now
Gm F Bb
How to play City Wrecker
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Gm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.