^G9[Verse] I^Csus2 grew up on the sl^F(add2)y In the ^Em7gutters and the ^Am7streets of P^C(add4)/Bbetersburg ^CsusJust a kid on the fly^F(add2) Getting g^Em7ood at getting ^Am7by ^BbIn Peters^Fburg^{Bb F Bb G}

I've ^A5bartered for a ^A5/C#blanket ^A5/DStolen for my bread ^{E5 A5/F#}Learned to take my chances^{A5/C# Asus/G}And use my ^E5/Dhead A ^A5/C#Russian rat is cleve^A/G#r ^A5/F#Clever or he ^A5/G#ends up ^Bsusdead

^N.CBoils down to ^A5/DThere are some Who surv^A5/C#ive, some who don’t ^D5/BSome give up ^C#7(#9)Some give in, me,^A5/F# I won’t ^D5/BBlack and blue Welcome ^D5/Eto ^N.C.My Petersburg

^Csus2Standing here you can ^F(add2)see From the ^Em7spires to the pi^Am7ers of Peter^C(add4)/Bbsburg ^Csus2I'd be down on that qu^F(add2)ay Selling ^Em7stolen souv^Am7enirs of Peter^Bbsburg^{F Bb F Bb G}

The ^A5palaces above^A5/C# And ^A5/Dalleyways b^E5elow ^A5/F#Funny when a^A5/C# city Is^Asus/G all you k^E5/Dnow How^A5/C# even when you ^A/G#hate it ^A5/F#Something in you ^A5/G#loves it^Bsus so

^N.C.That's where I ^A5/DLearned my stuff In some ro^A5/C#ugh company ^D5/BThere's a boy growing up, ^C#7(#9)Who was me ^D5/BAll I've been All I'll ^D5/Ebe

^E7susWe can ^Ebsus2do what we're told We can ^Dm7go where we're lead But I le^Gm7arned from my ^C9(no5)father to^Cm9(no5) see what's a^Fsushead ^G5/CNothing here to hold me ^G5/BNo one that I owe ^G5/CFunny how a boy ^D/Ccan ^G5/Bgrow ^A5/DFunny how a city ^A5/C#tells you when it's time to ^Bsusgo

^N.C.Boils down to ^A5/DThere are some Who have ^A5/C#walls yet to climb ^D5/BYou and I On the ^C#7fly, ^A5/F#just in time ^Bm(add4)But tonight There’s a sky^E7sus And quite a v^C#m7iew ^{E/F# F#}

^D5/EWelcome to^{A5/C# A5/D B7sus} My Peters^Asus2burg ^{A5 Dsus2 E7sus A}