Hills above
the city
C - Am - F - G
(2x)
C
Am F G
1. When you reach the hills above the city,
C Am
F
G
turn
and take a look at what you left behind,
C
Am F G
from
up here now everything is pretty,
Am
D
distance
to ugliness is blind,
F
G C
a
better view you'll never find.
Am D
From the hills the tower blocks
can look so graceful and serene,
F C G
and
the graffiti from up here is less obscene.
Am D
Even garbage cans are shiny,
and the parks are sparkling green,
F C - F
C
D - G
can't
see a single face, can't see the rats, only the race.
C Am F G
2. When you reach the hills above the city,
C Am
F G
it's
your memories that are the biggest foe,
C Am F
G
don't
look back with envy, but with pity,
Am D
at
all the things that made you go,
F G
C
there's
nothing left for you below.
+ C - Am - F -
G (2x)
C Am
F G
3. When you reach the hills above the city,
C Am
F
G
what
you see and hear, prepare to disbelieve,
C Am
F G
it's
a heartless monster with no pity,
Am D - F G
C
a
siren calling the naïve, false lover trying to deceive.
Am D
From the hills you cannot see
all the injustice and the crime,
F
C
G
no
way to tell from here the scandals and the slime.
Am D
And the way folks treat each
other has no reason and no rhyme,
F C
- F C D - G
greed,
selfishness and rage, lions and
tigers in a cage.
C Am F G
4. When you reach the hills above the city,
C Am
F
G
it's
your memories that are the biggest foe.
C Am F
G
Don't look back with envy but
with pity
Am D
at
all the things that made you go,
F G C
there's
nothing left for you below.
+ instrumental = verse 4
Am D
From the hills you can see further
than the city will allow,
F C G
you
see the future and the past, not just the now.
Am D
And the life you left behind,
you can choose to disavow,
F C
- F C
D - G
you're
a new person now, select the furrow
you will plough.
+ repeat verse 4
(orig. = capo 2nd) (George Papavgeris)