City On The Hill

city on the hill casting crowns god is good! = D this song is played with a capo 3 . if you do not have a capo , up it 3 half steps . this is pretty accurate ( about 90% ) , but any corrections are welcome . the chords in the passage part repeat all over the song , between the other parts . sorry about the organization of the chords in the lyrics . the text editor didn’t help . = D the chords are ( positions relative to the capo ) : Bm D * C Em7 G D ( E ) - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - ( B ) - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - ( G ) - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - ( D ) - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - ( A ) - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - x - - - - ( E ) - - - - - x - - - - - - - - x - - - - - - - - x - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - x - - - - the introduction and the verses go like this : ( E ) - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ( B ) - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - | ( G ) - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - | ( D ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - | ( A ) - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ( E ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Verse 1 : Bm D * did you hear of the city on the hill? C Em7 said one old man to the other Bm D * it once shined bright and it would be shining still C Em7 but they all started turning on each other Verse 2 : Bm D * you see , the poets thought the dancers were shallow C Em7 and the soldiers thought the poets were weak Bm D * and the elders saw the young ones as foolish C Em7 and the rich man never heard the poor man speak Chorus : G and one by one D they ran away C with their made up minds Em7 to leave it all behind G D and the light began to fade C in the city on the hill C the city on the hill Verse 3 : Bm D * each one thought that they knew better C Em7 that they were different by design Bm D * instead of standing strong together C Em7 they let their differences divide Chorus : G and one by one D they ran away C with their made up minds Em7 to leave it all behind G D and the light began to fade C in the city on the hill C the city on the hill passage : Bm D * C Em7 and the world is searching still Bm D * C Bridge : G but it was the rhythm of the dancers that gave the poets life D it was the spirit of the poets C that gave the soldiers strength to fight G it was the fire of the young ones Bm it was the wisdom of the old C it was the story of the poor man that needed to be told ending : Bm D * C come home Em7 and the father’s calling still Bm D * C come home Em7 to the city on the hill Bm D * C come home