[Intro]
G9
[Verse]
Csus2 F(add2)
I grew up on the sly
Em7 Am7 C(add4)/Bb
In the gutters and the streets of Petersburg
Csus F(add2)
Just a kid on the fly
Em7 Am7
Getting good at getting by
Bb F Bb F Bb G
In Petersburg
[Verse]
A5 A5/C#
I've bartered for a blanket
A5/D E5
Stolen for my bread
A5/F# A5/C#
Learned to take my chances
Asus/G E5/D
And use my head
A5/C# A/G#
A Russian rat is clever
A5/F# A5/G# Bsus
Clever or he ends up dead
[Chorus]
N.C
Boils down to
A5/D
There are some
A5/C#
Who survive, some who don’t
D5/B
Some give up
C#7(#9) A5/F#
Some give in, me, I won’t
D5/B
Black and blue
D5/E
Welcome to
N.C.
My Petersburg
[Instrumental]
Asus2 A5 Dsus2 G
[Verse]
Csus2 F(add2)
Standing here you can see
Em7 Am7 C(add4)/Bb
From the spires to the piers of Petersburg
Csus2 F(add2)
I'd be down on that quay
Em7 Am7 Bb F Bb F Bb G
Selling stolen souvenirs of Petersburg
[Verse]
A5 A5/C#
The palaces above
A5/D E5
And alleyways below
A5/F# A5/C#
Funny when a city
Asus/G E5/D
Is all you know
A5/C# A/G#
How even when you hate it
A5/F# A5/G# Bsus
Something in you loves it so
[Chorus]
N.C.
That's where I
A5/D
Learned my stuff
A5/C#
In some rough company
D5/B
There's a boy growing up,
C#7(#9)
Who was me
D5/B
All I've been
D5/E
All I'll be
[Bridge]
E7sus Ebsus2
We can do what we're told
Dm7
We can go where we're lead
Gm7 C9(no5) Cm9(no5) Fsus
But I learned from my father to see what's ahead
G5/C
Nothing here to hold me
G5/B
No one that I owe
G5/C D/C G5/B
Funny how a boy can grow
A5/D A5/C# Bsus
Funny how a city tells you when it's time to go
[Chorus]
N.C.
Boils down to
A5/D
There are some
A5/C#
Who have walls yet to climb
D5/B
You and I
C#7 A5/F#
On the fly, just in time
Bm(add4)
But tonight
E7sus
There’s a sky
C#m7 E/F# F#
And quite a view
D5/E A5/C# A5/D
Welcome to
B7sus Asus2 A5 Dsus2 E7sus A
My Petersburg