Ivory Joe Hunter – City Lights chords

City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.

INTRO: G# C# D# G#

#1.
G#                                 C#The bright array of city lights as far 

as I can see..
    D#7The Great White Way shines through the 
           G#night, for lonely guys like me.

#2.
G#The cabarets and honky tonks, their 
C#                       D#flashing signs invite..a broken heart to 
                    D#7          G#    C# G#lose itself, in the glow of city lights.

CHORUS:
D#                                     G#Lights that say, forget her name, in a glass 

of sherry wine.
D#                                 G#Lights that offer other girls, are empty 

hearts like mine.

#3.
G#                                C#They paint a pretty picture, of a world that's 

gay and bright.
         D#But it's just a mask for loneliness..behind 
           G#     C# G#those city lights.


(INTERLUDE:) D# G# C# G#

CHORUS:
    D#The lights that say, forget her love, in a 
G#different atmosphere.
    D#                                  G#The lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade 

for tears.

#4.
G#                                  C#They paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't 

hold them tight.
      D#And I just can't say, I love you, to a street 
        G#of city lights.

OUTRO:
C#   G#City lights..


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.