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