How To: Play "Take Back The City" by Snow Patrol on guitar

Play "Take Back The City" by Snow Patrol on guitar

Learn how to play "Take Back The City" by Snow Patrol, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:

Standard Tuning:

Capo on 1st Fret:

A7sus4: x02030
A6sus4: x04030
Asus2: x02200

Intro: A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2 Asus2 x2

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Take back the city for yourself tonight
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
I'll take back the city for me
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Take back the city for yourself tonight
A7sus4
Whoa whoa

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
God knows you've put your life into the Thames
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
And it's both cradled you and crushed
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
But now it's time to make your own demands
A7sus4
Whoa whoa

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
All these years later and it's killing me
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Your broken records and words
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Ten thousand craters where it all should be
A7sus4
Whoa whoa

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
No need to put your words into my mouth
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Don't need convincing at all
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
I love this place enough to have no doubt
A7sus4
Whoa whoa

Bridge:
A5 G5
It's a mess, It's a start
D5 F5
It's a flowing work of art
A5 G5
Your city, your call
D5 F5
Every crack, every wall
A5 G5
Can't decide, pick a fight
D5 F5
Get your head if it's upright
A5 G5
You can sing till you drop
D5 F5
Causes the fun just never stops

Chorus:
A
I love this city tonight
C D
I love this city always
A
It bares its teeth like a light
C D
And spits me out after days
A
But we're all gluttons for it
C D
We know it's wrong and it's right
A
For every time it's been hit
C A
Take back the city tonight

Asus2

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Tell me you never wanted more than this
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
And I will stop talking now
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
One perfect partner, one eternal kiss
A7sus4
Whoa whoa

A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Take back the city for yourself tonight
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
I'll take back the city for me
A7sus4 A6sus4 Asus2
Tak

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