We Built This City - Starship
[Acapella-Intro]
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[Instrumental x2]
[D][G] [F#m*][Em*] [D][G] [A*][D*]
Verse 1:
D G
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
C A7 D
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
G
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
C A7 D
Too many runaways eating up the night [A7]
[Bridge]
G D A7 D G
Mar[Bm7]coni plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
G
[D] We built this city, (F#m*) (Em*)
D F#m G
We built this [G] city on rock and roll
|[Chorus]
| G D Em
|We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
|G D F#m G
| Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
[D][G] [F#m*][Em*] [D][G] [A*][D*]
Verse 2:
D G
Someone's always playing corporation games
C A7 D
Who cares they're always changing corporation names
G
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
C A7 D
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page [A7]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Verse 3:
D G
It's just another Sunday, [D] in a tired old street [A]
D
Police have got the choke hold, [G] oh----oh, oh, oh,
G D
but we just [A] lost the beat
Verse 4:
D G
Who counts the money underneath the bar
C A7 D
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars
G
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're the ship of fools
C A7 D
Looking for America, crawling through your schools [A7]
[Bridge]
G D A7 D G
Mar[Bm7]coni plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember
G
[D] We built this city, (F#m*) (Em*)
D F#m G
We built this [G] city on rock and roll
|[Chorus]
| G D Em
|We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
|G D F#m G
| Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
|G D F#m G
| Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
|G D F#m G
| Built this city, we built this city on rock and ro-holl
[Instrumental Outro x2]
[D][G] [F#m*][Em*] [D][G] [A*][D*]