Biography:
The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières and currently based in Montreal, Canada. The bands sophomore album, Kill the Lights has been released on September 27th, 2011. The first single called "Heatwave", co-written by the band and The Matrix, has been released on June 16, 2011. It features a melody from the song Tarzan Boy, popularized in 1985 by Baltimora. Following the release of their new album, the band joined Avril Lavigne in Canada to support her 2011 Black Star Tour.
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The New Cities
Lost In City Lights
Lost In City Lights
2009
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
Bm - x24432
Verse 1:
A D
I met you on a stormy weekend
A D
You never meant to draw the line
A Bm D
I saw you once you didn't smile
E
Thought you needed my advice
F#m D
But didn't know it at the time
Verse 2:
A D
I called you in the dead of winter
A D
You didn't even hold the line
A Bm D
I've seen it all the great decline
E
One more troubled state of mine
F#m D
What's so wrong? Why can't you even try?
Chorus 1:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
A Bm D
Lost in city lights
A Bm D
Lost in city lights
Verse 3:
A
I know all about
D
your little secrets
A
I've felt the chills
D
and your regrets
A Bm
I heard them all
D
yeah through the wall
E
While you never had a clue
F#m D
And if you knew what would you do?
Chorus 2:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
Breakdown:
F#m D E
I'm dreaming
F#m A E
I'm dreaming
F#m D E F#m A E(hold)
I'm dreaming
Bridge: with Synth Piano solo
A D
Falling back in the days
F#m
you were doing all right
E
If you're set in your ways
A
then you fade out of sight
D
When at first it felt wrong
F#m
it soon became right
E
Now the cracks on the wall
D
were a map of your life
E
The addiction is back and
A
it's heavy this time
Now you're talking to the
F#m E D
voices through the wall
E
Will you make it this time?
Chorus 3:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
D E
The addiction is back and
A
it's heavy this time
Now you're talking to the
F#m E D
voices through the wall
E
Will you make it this time?
Outro:
A D F#m
I don't wanna know
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A D Bm
Lost in city lights
Bm E
Here we go now falling
A(hold)
of the straight line
Lost In City Lights
Lost In City Lights
2009
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
Bm - x24432
Verse 1:
A D
I met you on a stormy weekend
A D
You never meant to draw the line
A Bm D
I saw you once you didn't smile
E
Thought you needed my advice
F#m D
But didn't know it at the time
Verse 2:
A D
I called you in the dead of winter
A D
You didn't even hold the line
A Bm D
I've seen it all the great decline
E
One more troubled state of mine
F#m D
What's so wrong? Why can't you even try?
Chorus 1:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
A Bm D
Lost in city lights
A Bm D
Lost in city lights
Verse 3:
A
I know all about
D
your little secrets
A
I've felt the chills
D
and your regrets
A Bm
I heard them all
D
yeah through the wall
E
While you never had a clue
F#m D
And if you knew what would you do?
Chorus 2:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
Breakdown:
F#m D E
I'm dreaming
F#m A E
I'm dreaming
F#m D E F#m A E(hold)
I'm dreaming
Bridge: with Synth Piano solo
A D
Falling back in the days
F#m
you were doing all right
E
If you're set in your ways
A
then you fade out of sight
D
When at first it felt wrong
F#m
it soon became right
E
Now the cracks on the wall
D
were a map of your life
E
The addiction is back and
A
it's heavy this time
Now you're talking to the
F#m E D
voices through the wall
E
Will you make it this time?
Chorus 3:
A
Hear me out now
D
a thousand miles around
F#m
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A
It's the breakdown
D
of a lifetime
Bm E
Here we go now falling
of the straight line
D E
The addiction is back and
A
it's heavy this time
Now you're talking to the
F#m E D
voices through the wall
E
Will you make it this time?
Outro:
A D F#m
I don't wanna know
That the sound of strangers
E
breaking new ground
A D Bm
Lost in city lights
Bm E
Here we go now falling
A(hold)
of the straight line
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