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