The Pogues - Big City: chords

            D              G
In the big city where the lights are low
 D                           G
Cold dirty ground where the rivers don't flow
 D                           G            A
Nothing's gonna change, so throw it all away

In the big city where the kids will come cheap
Monsters prowl and never sleep
Don't cross the road if you haven't got
the time of day

Chorus:
         G
Well, I lost my girl waiting for
                D
the train from Ride
    C                   G
I know she's out there somewhere
 C              G                A
Selling all we got, but I don't mind

In the big city you can walk a thin line
And your mother won't know that you do
a bit of crime
Your father's on the dole and he really
hasn't got the time

In the big city where it's hard to see the sky
Black earth trembles when the trains go by
Bums on the corner tell you gently to
fuck off and die

Chorus:
Well, I lost my girl and I missed my train to Ride
And I'm stuck here selling papers
And spitting on the ground when you walk by

In the big city, you can dance all night
Only if you're clean and the lads are not uptight
Or you may as well forget it, wait until
the broad daylight

In the big city where the suits don't look you
in the eye
Learn how to laugh, you'll be planning when to die
And don't expect any favours from the cars
passing by

Chorus:
I lost my girl waiting for the train from Ride
Well I don't mind matching colours or
parking people's cars
And telling little lies, if that's alright

In the big city
In the big city
In the big city
In the big city
In the big city
In the big city