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Mortal City einfache Gitarrenakkorde von
Dar Williams
Dar Williams

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Verse 1
Am

She nev er should have rented this

apartment in the Mortal City
G

The cold comes though every
Am

crack she puts her hand up to
Bb

The radiator's broken,

so she has to use electric heat.
Am
G
And tonight was the first
Verse 2

date with the brother
Am

of the guy she worked next to

He lived a couple streets away
C

He listened, he had things to say
Bb

She asked him up for dinner

sometime

Sometime was tonight
Am
Verse 3


The radio gave updates on the ice storm

while she made the dinner

They said, from all the talk,

you shouldn't drive or even walk
F

And this just in,
C
G
Am
G

we're asking everyone to turn off their power
F
Dm
G

They need it at the hospital.
Verse 4
Am

She ran around pulling plugs,

then she called him up

Maybe now they shouldn't meet,
F

he said that he would brave the streets

She met him at the door with
C
G

a blanket and a candle
Am

Saying, I heard it on the radio,
C
F
Dm

I had to turn my power off.
Gsus4
G
Verse 5

Am

He said you're not the only one,

the streets were dark tonight,

It was like another century
Bb

With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy trees
Am

and the clouds and a covered moon.
Verse 6
Am

She said what kind of people

make a city

Where you can't see the sky and

you can't feel the ground?
Verse 7
Am

I tell you something,

I have this feeling that this city's dying

He said, it's not dying it's

the people who are dying
Bb

She said, yes, yes I think the people
Am

are dying and nobody cares.
Verse 8
Am


We had all this technology our dreams

were bold and vague
F
C
G

And then one city got bad planners,
Am
G
F

one city got the plague.
Dm
G
Am
Verse 9


He asked why did you move here? She said,

for the job
F

For the job and I've been so lonely here,
C
G

so lonely
Am
G

There's no one I can talk to,
F
Dm

you know I don't even know your brother.
G
Verse 10

Am

He smiled and said,

sometimes at night I walk out by the river

The city's one big town,

the water turns it upside down
F

People found this city because
C
G

they love other people
Am

They want their secretaries,
G
F

they want their power lunches.
Dm
G

Verse 11
Am

And think about tonight,

I heard the same newscast you did

I unplugged everything,

I looked out the window
F

And I think the city heard,
C
G
Am

I watched as one by one the lights went off
G
F

So they could give their power
Dm

to the hospital
G

Verse 12
Am

They ate in silence while

she thought this over,

They sat together in a dark

room in the Mortal City
Bb

Shifting in their blankets so they wouldn't

get spaghetti on them.
Am
Verse 13


Then came the awkward moment after dinner,

what to do,

The ice was still falling,

the streets were still dangerous
Bb

The cabs were not running and
Verse 14

this neighborhood was not the greatest.
Am

They both looked at the space

where a couch would've been

She felt her stomach sink,
Verse 15

she felt like she could hardly think
Am


She said, I never should have rented this

apartment in the Mortal City

The cold comes through

eve crack I put my hand up to
C
Bb

The radiator doesn't work,
Am

I have to use electric heat.
Verse 16
Am

That settled it, they would both

sleep in her bed

It was a matter of survival.
Verse 17
Am

She brought out t- shirts,

sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats

If there was ever any thought of what would

happen in that bed tonight

There was no question now

They could barely move
C
Bb

They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting

for another season.
Am
Dm
Am
Verse 18


They lay in bed,

they listened to the pelting ice

He said my brother's not a bad guy,

he's just quiet

I wished you liked this city
Verse 19

She said, maybe I do.
Am


I think I have a special kind

of hearing tonight

I hear the neighbors upstairs
C
F

I hear my heart beating
C
G
Am

I hear one thousand hearts beating
G
F
Dm
Gsus4
G

at the hospital

Am

And one thousand hearts by
Bb

their bedsides waiting
Am

Saying that's my love
Bb

in the white gown,
Verse 20

Am

We are not lost in the Mortal City
Outro 1

We are not lost in the Mortal City
Am
C

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