In The City Guitar Tab

Razorlight! Tabs:

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Artist - Razorlight
Song - In The City
Album - Up All Night

Note - tab is not written to timing.

This is the wicked song from the Razorlight album, track 11.

It's basically three chords E, D & A repeated. You'll need to put in a few
sus4 chords every so often and also change to barred or power chords at the
chorus. The following are the basics of the song, you want more... sort it out.

VERSE

Play chords slightly muted. Throw in the sus chords when u want.

E D E Dsus A E D E D A

That's the sequence for the first verse 0.42seconds
From:

"It's a close one, a real close one
No-one gets hurt but she's got twice the fun"

Right until

"Well now you know how it feels"

CHORUS

The same as the verses but arpeggiated with an electric playing the barre chords.

E D E D A

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x
B---------------9--------7--------9----7-5 9--|
G-----------------9--------7--------9--7-6 9--|
D-------------9--------7--------9------7-7 Repeat and end on barred E 9--|
A-----------7--------5--------7--------5-7 7--|
E----------------------------------------- 0--|

"But I was looking for you"

VERSE is exactly the same

CHORUS (drums and bass come in)

Just repeat E and D chords but as power chords with stacatto strumming, increase the
tempo until BREAK

BREAK 1.57

Bang out an E power chord

e-x
B-x
G-9
D-9
A-7
E-0

Then use the same chords and sequence as the VERSE but play barred:

[E5] [D5] [E5] [D5 A5] then back to [E5] repeat eg:

e--x---x---x---x-x-|
B--x---x---x---x-x-|
G--9---7---9---7-x-| back to E5 power chord
D--9---7---9---7-7-|
A--7---5---7---5-7-|
E--0---x---0---x-5-|

CHORUS

"Still i was looking..."

Just repeat E and D chords but as power chords with stacatto strumming, increase the
tempo

haven't worked out the SOLO yet but if u wanna have a stab, go ahead.

the song finishes on an E.

That's about it really. Just listen and work out the timing, it's a really simple song.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Daniel Average	#1 by Daniel Johnson at Oct 26, 1970 at 1:27 PM EST
	I think this song is about gigs? Or possibly nights out. 'Johnny's shadows getting long but he keeps on singing' A reference to himself getting tired on tour? 'The boys are at the bar Yeah they're mixing up their medicine' Guys always q up for drinks for everyone 'Girls are on the mobiles trying to get receptions' Girls phone their friends when a good song comes on. 'And I was looking for you' It's so difficult to find someone at a concert if you get split up. The lines 'The boys are at the bar Yeah they're mixing up their medicine, The girls are on their mobiles trying to get reception' This is one of my favourite lines ever, it reminds me so much of the start of a club or pub night as well as a gig. Guys always go to the bar and girls sit and text someone so they don't look like they've got nae mates.

No Picture devon Average	#2 by devon at Mar 15, 1982 at 5:39 PM EST
	I like it but its a bit annoying if you want to tap the beat with your foot like i often do as it does go at a million mph, god knows how the drummer can hit the bass drum that fast! : ).

No Picture Caitlin Rhythm Player	#3 by Caitlin Carlisle at Mar 2, 1986 at 3:09 AM EST
	I think the song's also an obvious reference to Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' - of which the opening line is: 'Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine...' Interesting as Johnny Borrell was quoted as saying "If Dylan's making the chips then I'm drinking the champagne". People thought he was up himself but that statement was taken out of context however as Borrell was comparing his and Dylan's first albums, not their overall career. I personally think this song is more of a respectful nod to the Dylan classic, using a similar beat poetry style and rhythm but putting it in a more modern 'London' context. And I love it!

No Picture CJ Wanna Be	#4 by CJ West at Apr 27, 1997 at 1:05 AM EST
	In this song, the influence of Patti Smith is so obvious. If anyone has heard Horses, Land in particular you can tell that this song was probably written after Johnny Borrell listened to that album and thought shit I wish I could write something like this. But yeah it's a good song. Nothing really to say about the lyrics, they're just social observation really.

No Picture CJ Wanna Be	#5 by CJ West at Jun 14, 2001 at 11:26 PM EST
	best song on the album! its builds up amazingly by the time u get to the end theres no way u cant be jumping about to it i love the way it builds up then trails off the builds up a bit more each time then trailing off then by the end it just keeps going - amazing song!