Verse 1:
C#m E The moon is hanging low over the central station C#m E I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places C#m E The Andes hold me close. A mothers only son C#m F#m I feel weightless in the valley, like I'm everywhere at once( C#m C#m E E ) ( C#m C#m E B C#m )A I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister cities A I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister citiesVerse 2:
C#m E B We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment C#m E Rusted swing set in the courtyard like the one that I was born in C#m E I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always (run) C#m I wanna turn the scene, I wanna call it off, I want a light in the dark G#m I wanna swallow the sun!A I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister cities A I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister cities( G#m D )Bridge:
A B C#m I was just mange and skin and bone A B E You took me into your home B D#m E B A Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coatFinal: C#m C#m E E C#m C#m E B C#mA I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister cities A I'm laying low E A stray dog in the street A E You took me home G#m We're sister cities