C - G - Gm A
1. The city lights, the pretty lights, they can warm the coldest nights,
F
Bb
- F Bb
all the people going
places, smiling with electric faces,
F
Bb - F Bb
what they find, the glow
erases, and what they lose, the glow
replaces,
G - G7 C C7
and life is love in a neon rainbow, a neon rainbow.
C - G - Gm A
2. Moving lines, flashing signs, blinking faster than the mind,
F
Bb - F Bb
leading people with
suggestions, leaving no unanswered questions,
F
Bb - F
Bb
you can live without
direction, and you don't have to be
perfection,
G - G7
C C7
and life is love in a neon rainbow, a neon rainbow.
- - - - - -
- D
G - D G
But in the daytime, everything
changes, nothing remains the same,
D G D G
no one smiles any more and no
one will open his door
F - - - - - - - - -
until the night time comes,
and then the …
C - G - Gm A
3. The city lights, the pretty lights, they can warm the coldest nights,
F Bb - F Bb
all the people going
places, smiling with electric
faces,
F Bb - F Bb
what they find, the glow
erases, and what they lose, the glow
replaces,
G - G7 C C7 D7
and life is love in a neon rainbow, a neon rainbow, a neon
rainbow.
- - - - - + D
- A - Am - B7 - G - C - G - C
- G - C - G - C…
(The Box Tops)