Intro: A F#m E B F#m A C#m
Verse
B F#m
It’s raining again,
A C# B
and it seems like this city gets drearier everyday,
F#m
Perhaps it’s the weather
A
or maybe I’ve been here too long,
C#m
still I defiantly stay,
B F#m
And they build more upmarket riverside housing,
A
when there are streets down the road
C#m
with no people to fill.
B F#m A C#m
A regional hub of prosperity committing character suicide,
D#m E F#
and there’s not a lot more of it left to kill.
B F# B G# F# E B F#
They won’t be happy until every city centre looks the same,
B F# B G# F# A
Helplessly trapped within homogeneity,
E
I want to tell them they should be ashamed,
B
but I’m not sure who to blame, 
B F#m A C#m
Verse
B F#m
You know the day’s a write off
A C#m B
when even the Durham advertiser is getting you down,
F#m
some local kid just got beat to death
A C#m
drinking with his friends at a club in town,
B F#m
and is this the price we pay?
A C#m
Was he a worthy sacrifice to make?
B F#m
I’m not gonna leave the fucking house today,
A C#m
I’ll just stare at the ceiling,
D#m E F#
I’ll just lie on the cold, cold ground.
B F# B G# F# E B F#
They won’t be happy until every city centre looks the same,
B F# B G# F# A
Helplessly trapped within homogeneity,
E
I want to tell them they should be ashamed,
A E
but I’m not sure who to blame,
Outro
C#m B A E
(palm mute) C#m A E (x4)
C#m A E C#m
One more metre of concrete,
A E C#m
One more local shop closed down,
A E C#m
No matter how much they change it,
E C#m
This is still our town.
A E C#m
One more metre of concrete,
A E C#m
One more local shop closed down,
A E C#m
No matter how much they change it,
E C#m A
This is still our town.
E F#m A
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