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The City of Light Chords

Music by: Vicki Hampton
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[Verse 1]
[G]The[C]re'[G]s a[C] slow
[Dm]train [G]a -comin'
Get on [C]board, hear those steel
wheels [G]a -hummin'
Gonna leave [Em]around midnight,
[G]catch the red eye,
[F]headed for a brand new day
[C]Where the[G] sunlig[Am]ht is alr[G]eady shinin'
[C]an [C#dim]d the darkness[D]
is [Em]passin' [Fm]away
[D]In the [G]city of light
In the [Em]city ain't gonna be
no more [C]night, no [F]no
No more [G]hate, no more fear,
no more [D]hurt, no more tears
[F]Wipe the sorrow from our [E]eyes
[C]It's gonna [G]be [C#dim]alright in
the [Dm]city [G]of light
River[C], I gotta keep o[F]n a -[G]movin'
[A]Mermaid [C]down, mermaid on
To the [G]crystal shore
Oh the [Em]walls of Jasper,
[G]streets of gold, blah,
ra -ba -blah, [C]ra -ba -blah
Take [G]me back [Am]to the tr[G]ee in Ed[C]en,
[C#dim]lay me down at J[D]esus' thro[Em]ne[Fm]
[D]And that's the [G]time, apply
And that's the [Em]time,
ain't gonna be no more [C]night, no [F]no
No more [G]hate, no more fear,
no more [D]hurt, no more tears
[F]Wipe the sorrow from her [E]eyes
[C]It's gonna [G]be alright
[Bbm]in the cit[G]y of light
Chil[Bb]dren get to never jump
[C]into the river of the mig[G]hty
Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Lord
[Bb]Get yourself a ticket,
you [C]don't wanna miss it
[D]Just [Dm]get o[D]n boar[C]d
Get on [G]board
Get on board
[C#dim]Come home[G][C]
To the new, new, new, new
Drizzling [G]land
Over wall[Em]s of jasper
[G]Streets of gold
Flower, [F]ever flower, [C]ever flower
Take me back [Am]to the tr[G]ee in Eden
[C]Lay[C#dim] me down at [D]Jesus' thr[Em]one
[Fm]In t[D]he city [G]of light
In the [Em]city
Ain't gonna be no more [C]night, [F]no
No more [G]hate, no more fear,
no more [D]hurt, no more tears
[F]Wipe the sorrow from my [E]eyes
[C]It's gonna [G]be alright
[C#dim]Gonna be,[Bbm] gonna[Dsus4] be,[C]
gonna [Em]be alr[A]ight
Yeah, [C]it's gonna be al[F]right
in the city of [G]light.
What a beautiful [C]sight[G]
[F]in the city of [G]light.
[C]Come on, [F]come on, [G]come on,
come on y 'all.
Get on board in the city of light.
No more hurt, no more fear,
no more sorrow, no more tears,
no more pain [C]in the [G]September line.

[Verse 2]
[G]
Gotta keep on, keep on,
keep on [G]movin'
That's the way of [G]life
[G]

[Verse 3]
Come [F]on, get [G]over[G][C][G][G]
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