17 Hills

Intro 
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|  A   | Dadd#11  D  | A6  Amaj7  | C#m    | 


[Refrão]
 
A         E Eadd9   A           E 
  The city rises,    on seventeen hills 
A          Dadd#11 D    A6 A          C#m 
  Seventeen hills,            from the sea 
A            E    Eadd9    A              E 
  And you see five of,      those seventeen hills 
A                 Dadd#11 D    A6 A             C#m 
  Through the iron grille,         in cell block E 

Esus4           E     Esus4/C#      Esus4/D# E 
      The city rises,          on seventeen  hills 
Esus4           D         Aadd9          C#m 
      Seventeen hills,          from the Bay 
A              E    Eadd9    Esus4/C#                 E 
  You could see nine of,               those seventeen hills 
Esus4      E        D     Aadd9               C#m 
      From the lead roof,       of cell block A 
 


[Verso 1]
 
D      A              E 
  Papa came here as a sailor 
D            A       E 
  Jumped a ship in '53 
D              A             E               Aadd9 
  And when he ran, my mama drank herself to death 
A             Amaj7          C#m  B/C# 
   I guess I got that dirty gene... 
C#m7  Aadd9                           C#m 
Yeah,       it's about all he left to me 
 


[Refrão]
 
Esus4            E     Esus4              E 
      This city rises,       on seventeen hills 
          Dadd9 D    A           E 
Seventeen hills,       from the bay 
Esus4       E              Esus4     E 
You'd see twelve of, those seventeen hills 
          Dadd9 D    A/C#               C#m 
From the downpipe,        of cell block H 

Esus4    E            Esus4      E 
Flaming hair and, her name was Irene 
              Dadd9 D    A           E 
The prettiest thief,       you ever seen 
   Esus4    E              Esus4         E 
We robbed a store and, she shot an armed guard 
    Esus4        Dadd9    A           C#m 
But mine was the face,       on the DVR 
 


[Verso 2]
 
Dadd9             A            E    Esus4 E 
      They ran us down on the delta 
Dadd9                   A               E    Esus4 E 
      In a freight yard rusting in the sun 
Dadd9           A              E                A 
      But all I wanted was a place among those hills 
A          Amaj7           C#m  B/C#  Aadd9 
  I didn't mean to hurt no-one......, no 
                        C#m 
Least of all the girl I love 
 


[Refrão]
 
A         E Eadd9   A           E 
  The city rises,    on seventeen hills 
A          Dadd#11 D    A6 Amaj7          C#m 
  Seventeen hills,                to the sky 
A             E  Eadd9    A                     E 
  I spread her ashes,        at the foot of those hills 
A                Dmaj7    Amaj7               C#m 
  The seventeenth hill,          is where she lies 
 


[Verso 3]
 
Dadd9          Aadd9      A       Eadd9 E Emaj9 E6 
      If I can bribe some crooked lawyer 
D6    D       Amaj7        E     Emaj7 E 
   To smuggle in a hacksaw blade 
D      A/C#           E               Amaj7 
  Tide tables, and a yard or two of twine 
A               Amaj7            C#m B/C#       Aadd9 
  I'll ride the driftwood in the Bay......, yeah yeah 
                        ({C#m9}) 
Let the wind decide my fate  

{Instrumental} 
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| C#m9    |     | C#m6/9    |     | 
| C#m9    |     | C#m6/9    |     | 
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| A    | 

{Violin Solo} 

| E    | D  A  | A    | Amaj7  E  | 
| E    | D  A  | A    | Amaj7  E  | 
| E    | D  A  | A    | Amaj7  E  | 
| E    | D  A  | A    | Amaj7  C#m  | 

| A    | Amaj7  E  | 

{Guitar Solo} 
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                                  Oh...., 



[Refrão]
 
          E         Esus4     E 
This city rises, on seventeen hills 
          D          A             E 
Seventeen hills, yeaheah, from the Bay 
        Esus4 E              Esus4     E 
And the silhouette of, those beautiful hills 
                D    A                   E 
Is right at the end,   of this old storm drain 
 

Outro 
           Emaj9    A             E 
This city rises,      on seventeen hills 
A          Dadd#11 D    A6 Amaj7           C#m 
  Seventeen hills,                from the bay 
A                 E   Eadd9    A            E 
  The last thing I saw was,     all seventeen hills 
A           Dadd#11 D    A6 Amaj7        C#m 
  In between crests,         of the ocean waves 
             D6/9    Aadd9              Eadd9 
The towering crests,       of the ocean waves