ABBA - I Am The City [ Chords ]

Chords

VERSE 1

A				      D
Coming through a cloud you're looking at me from above
				   A
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
			      D
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
				       A
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
E				      D
And you feel a strange attraction oohh oohh
		       A
The air is vibrant and electrified
E					A
Welcome to me here I am, my arms are open wide

VERSE 2 
(Same Pattern - Time 2 use your heads)
Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
People come and take their chances
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot

CHORUS:  
A		       E
I'm the street you walk
		      D
The language you talk

I am the city
A		 E
The skyline is me 
	    D
And the energy

I am the city

A	   Ab				G
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars  
		   Gbm or F#m
And the funny smells
		     A
And the turmoil, the cars the people
    Gbm 	    E		D
The air that you’re breathing is me
		  Dm		A
Yes I am the city you let me be 


VERSE 3 
People feed me with their lives I am a hungry soul
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
Dazzled by the crazy magic
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh

CHORUS

(ABBA)

I Am They City

Posted by Craig, 19/05/2008 14:12

In my personal opinion, "I Am The City" is the 1982 smash-hit single that never was! It has a lively, uptempo and very energetic feel to it, which makes it stand out from the many ABBA songs of the 1981 and 1982 period. It's a song that could even be covered and remixed today (preferably by D.J. Ensamble (search for the "Trancing Queen" CD album on eBay, or view any one of the "2007 remix" ABBA videos on YouTube (his remix of "Summer Night City" is a knockout - and actually gets played in our local nightclub on 'Gay Night') to hear some of his work)) and used as a great dancefloor filler in any nightclub around the world ("Summer Night City" works for many people in our local area, and I'm sure it would work for many other people in many other places as well)! As mad as this may sound to some people, I can actually imagine "I Am The City" being re-recorded by another artist and remixed by a well-known professional D.J. and re-released around the world, with many people not even contemplating the fact that this is an ABBA song! I can even picture it being released on a "Clubland" album!