Tone: [Am]
Intro -x2-:
[Am] [Em] [F] [Dm]
Verse 1:
Old yellow [Am]bricks, love's a [Em]risk
Quite [F]the little escapolo[Dm]escapologist
Looked so [Am]miffed when you [Em]wished
For a [F]thousand places better [Dm]than this
You are the [Am]fugitive but you [Em]don't know what you're running from
[F]You can't kid us and [Dm]you couldn't trick anyone
[Am]Houdini love, you [Em]don't know what you're running a[F]away from [Dm]
Chorus:
Who [Dm]wants [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up?
[Dm] [Em] [F]Blinded by nostalgia[Em]nostalgia
Who [Dm]wants [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up? [Dm]
Verse 2:
She was en[Am]enraged by the [Em]way
That the [F]emperor put traps in the [Dm]cage
And the[Am]the days she be[Em]being dull
Lead to [F]nights reading beer bot[Dm]bottles
You're such a [Am]fugitive but you [Em]don't know what you're running from
[F]You can't kid us and [Dm]you couldn't trick anyone
[Am]Houdini love, you [Em]don't know what you're running a[F]away from [Dm]
Chorus:
Who [Dm]wants [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up?
[Dm] [Em] [F]Blinded by nostalgia[Em]nostalgia
Who [Dm]wants [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up?
Instrumental:
[E5] [B5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [B5] [C5] [D5] [E5] [B5] [C5] [D5] [E5]
[Am]
Chorus:
[Dm]You're a[Em]at a [F]loss, just [Em]because
[Dm] [Em] It [F]wasn't all that you thought [Em]it was
[Dm]You [Em]are a [F]fugitive but [Em]you don't know what you're run[Dm]running a[Em]away [F]from [Em]
She said I [Dm]want [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up
[Dm] [Em] And [F]revel in nostalgia[Em]nostalgia
I know I said he [Dm]wants [Em]to [F]sleep in the city [Em]that never wakes up but
[Dsus2] Dorothy was right though
Outro -x2-:
[Am] [Em] [F] [Dm]