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Christmas in the city Chords

Music by: Mary J. Blige
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Christmas [E]in the city, [Em]boy
Ain't nothing like [E]it [Am](word up)
Yo, remember last [E]year[Em][Dsus4][D]
I [Am]think we was on tour last [E]year
I [Am]ain't tryin' to be on tour on Christmas
this time (word up)
I'm trying [E]to be in the city
That's what I [Em]want
[D]Christmas in the[Am] city

[Verse 2]
Christmas [E]jams at the tunnel
Chop through hustle and bustle
Snow and [Am]lights make wonderland
Out of this concrete jungle

[Verse 3]
There's a mir[E]acle on 34th Street
On a [Am]train, yeah, that [Dsus4]lady
With all them [D]bags, you see
[Am]Radio City for the

[Verse 4]
[E]Christmas show
We making Angels in the snow
Giving [Am]honey lots of kisses
under mistletoe

[Verse 5]
Snowball [E]fights at courtyards
See Span[Em]ish Harlem sing [D]Feliz Navidad
[Am]New York state of mind
[E]At Christmas time
In the city

[Verse 6]
All the children [Am]showi[E]ng
Their new [Em]clothes [Dsus4]and toys
and [D]thing[Am] s
That they [E]got for Christmas, this year
[Am]Their full of happi[Em]ness
and cheer

[Verse 7]
[E]On Christmas in [D]the city[Am][E]
I'm so glad [Am]I'm liv[E]ing
To see an[Am]other [D]Christmas [Am]Day
Got to [E]show the Lord I appreciate
[Am]His blessings on this special day
It's [Esus4]Christ ma[E]s in th[Em]e cit[D]y
[Am](hey[E])

[Verse 8]
Christmas in [Am]the city
(Christmas in [E]the city)
Ain't [Am]no place [D]I'd rather
[Am]be (yeah, oh)
Out [E]of all the places I could [Em]be
[Am]I'd rather be
(I'd rather be)
In New [Esus4]York,
[Em]chilly
[D][Dsus4][Am]

[Verse 9]
[E]
Rockefeller [Am]Center[E]
Has the biggest [Em]Christmas
[D]tree of [Am]all
You can [E]go downtown and see it all
[Am]I guarantee you'll [Em]have a ball
[E]On Christmas [Em]in the city
[D][Am]

[Verse 10]
[E]
Something about this [Am]at
[E]mosphere
Makes [Em]me want to [D]stay right [Am]here
I can [E]see the city lights
Watch [Am]the cab drivers [Em]fuss and fight,
[E]on Broadway
[Em]And [D]it's Christmas,
[Am]Christmas, [E]yeah

[Verse 11]
Christmas in [Am]the city
(Christmas in [E]the city)
Ain't [Am]no place I'd [Dsus4]rather[D]
[Am]be ([E]yeah, oh)
Out of all the places I could be
[Am]I'd rather be
[Em](I'd rather be)
In New [Esus4]York,
[Em]chilly
[D][Am]

[Verse 12]
[E]
[Em]Christmas [E]in [Am]the city[E]
[Em]Ain't no place I'd [D]rather [Am]be
Out [E]of all the places I could be
I'd [Am]rather be
[Em](I'd rather [D]be)
In New [Esus4]York, chi[Em]lly[D][Am]

[Verse 13]
I want to be [E]chilly
[Em]La, la, la ,la ,la
[Am]La, [E]la, la, la, la[Em][D][G][Am]
Out [Em]of all the places [E]I
could [Em]be
[Am]I'd rather be [Esus4]home,
[E]chilly
[D][Am]

[Verse 14]
[E]
Christmas in [Am]the city
(Christmas in [E]the city)
Ain't [Am]no place [Dsus4]I'd rather be (ain't no
[D]place [Am]I'd rather be)
Out [E]of all the places I could be
I'd [Am]rather [Em]be
(I'd rather be)
[Esus4]In New York,
[Em]chilly
[D][Dsus4][Am]

[Verse 15]
[E]
[Em]Christmas [E]in [Am]the city
(I say, Christmas in [E]the
[Em]city[Am])[Dsus4]
Ain't [D]no place [Am]I'd rather be ([E]ain't no
place I'd rather be)
Out of all the [Am]places I could be
[Em]I'd [Esus4]rather be
(I'd rather be)
(I'd rather be in New York) in [Em]New York,
[D]chilly
[Am]On C[E]hristmas

[Verse 16]
(Christmas in [Am]the [E]city)
Ain't [Am]no place I'd [D]rather [Am]be
Out [E]of all the places I could be
I'd [Am]rather be
(I'd rather be)
In New York, chilly
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