Surprised this song is not on UG.
Here's Rickie Lee doing it, on her 1st album: https://youtu.be/fi1Z6uoPb8k?si=80wAPT3O-v9wmo63
Here's me playing the tab: https://youtu.be/RhV--AbSczQ?si=wiEDI0tZ_TRb_dW-
The looper parts are all simple.
Verse
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Take a walk around midnight in the city
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Young blood is hiding there somewhere
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
If you're looking for something to do
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
There's always something happening there
Verse
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Like I & Bragger, we borrowed a coupe today
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Here come Pepe and she's got a friend in a Chevrolet
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
But she ain't running, she's walking a little slow
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
And she ain't crying, she's just singing a little low
Instrumental
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
But they say this
Chorus
[Dm7] [Am7]
City will make you dirty, but you look alright
[Bbmaj7] [Dm7]
You feel real pretty when he's holding you tight
[Am7] [Bbmaj7]
City will make you mean, but that's just make-up on your face
[Gm9] [C7sus2]
Love will wash you clean of the night's disgrace
Verse
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Find a block where your people can find you
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Keep your third eye watching behind you (ooh oooh ooh oooh)
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
You never know when you're making a memory
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
They will wish they were here together again, (someday)
Verse
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Kids looking for something to get into, take a look
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Two for the movie show, three in the back row, (hold on tight)
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Remember, you might have looked like cool twelve
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
But your fuse felt just like dynamite
Chorus
[Dm7] [Am7]
City will make you dirty, but you look alright
[Bbmaj7] [Dm7]
You feel real pretty when he's holding you tight
[Am7] [Bbmaj7]
City will make you mean but darlin', that's just
[Gm9/Bb]
make-up on your face
[Gm9] [C7sus2]
Love will wash you clean in the night,
N.C.
dirty-dirty, dirt, dirt
Verse
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Take a walk around midnight in the city
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Young blood will find you there, somewhere
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
And if you're looking for something to do
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
There's always something happening there, ooh-ooh
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Something's happening there, ooh, ooh-ooh
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Something's happening there, hey-hey
[F] [C11/F] [F] [C11/F]
Look here, y'all
Interlude
[Bb] [Am7] [Gm7]
Do-do, do, do, do, yeah
[Bb] [Am7]
[Gm7] [Am7] [Bb] [B] [C] (octave)
(stop & restart song)
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, yeah
