Capo 1 fret
[Intro]
A E E E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
A E A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Instrumental]
E5 A5 G#5 F#5
E5 A5 B E
E5 A5 G#5 F#5
E5 A5 B E
[Verse 1]
E A/E
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
D/E B7/E E
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
E A/E
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
D/E B7/E E
Too many runaways eating up the night
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m A/C# Bsus4 B E A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
E A G#5 F#5 E A E B/Eb C#m
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
A E/G# E E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
A E/G# B G#m A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Instrumental]
E5 A5 G#5 F#5
E5 A5 B E
[Verse 2]
E A/E
Someone's always playing corporation games
D/E B7/E E
Who cares they're always changing corporation names
E A/E
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
D/E B7/E E
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m A/C# Bsus4 B E A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
E A G#5 F#5 E A E B/Eb C#m
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
A E/G# E E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
A E/G# B G#m A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Bridge]
A
It's just another Sunday, in a tired old street
E
Police have got the choke hold, oh----oh, oh, oh, but we just lost the beat
[Verse 3]
E A/E
Who counts the money underneath the bar
D/E B7/E E
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars
E A/E
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're [the ship of] fools
D/E B7/E E
Looking for Bmerica, crawling through your schools
[Interlude]
C#m A/C# Bsus4 B E A
don't you remember
E A G#5 F#5 E A E B/Eb C#m
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m A/C# Bsus4 B E A
Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
E A G#5 F#5 E A E B/Eb C#m
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Chorus]
A E/G# E E/F# E/G#
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
A E/G# B G#m A
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll