Bb                                 Gm
Icy steel shoots through concrete, Cool City
Bb                                 Gm
Mountains of glass reflect the sky, oh
Bb                           Gm
Everybody feels real good in Cool City
Bb                              Gm
Each day brings a new surprise, oh


[Verse 2]
Bb                                   Gm
Johnny came two-thousand miles to the cool city
Bb                                     Gm
He came to see what makes things tick, oh
Bb                                         Gm
He cut his hair and bought new clothes in Cool City
Bb                                 Gm
Finally found his life's ambition, oh


[Chorus 1]
Eb                Gm
How to do nothing perfectly
   Cm                   Bb
To do it with style so gracefully
       Cm            F          Gm
'Cause life is so delicious in Cool City


[Post-Chorus 1]
Gm                             Bb
Outside no one's on the street
Gm                             Bb
Don't stop or you'll miss a beat


[Verse 3]
Bb                                 Gm
Someone's standing in a doorway, Cool City
Bb                                 Gm
They open the door and check him out so casually
Bb                                 Gm
The music's blasting all night long in Cool City
Bb                                 Gm
They recognize his face, so it's all right


[Chorus 2]
Eb                Gm
This one knew the right address
   Cm                Bb
He even knew someone in a band
       Cm             Gm         F                Gm
While the others wait all night standing there in Cool City


[Post-Chorus 2]
Gm                                Bb
So hard to make the right friends
Gm                                Bb
You might have to sell some skin


[Guitar Solo]


[Bridge]
Cm
The nights go on forever


[Verse 4]
Bb                                   Gm
The blacks they all hate the whites, oh
Bb                                                Gm
The whites think they're tough, but they're not, Cool City
Bb                                Gm
The boys go out with each other, oh
Bb                                 Gm
The girls who will be in movies


[Verse 5]
Bb                                   Gm
If you're high, you're in the right place, cool city
Bb                               Gm
Animals seek out their own kind, oh
Bb                                   Gm
Shake some hands and take a lunch in Cool City
Bb                                   Gm
Someone's going to try and tempt you, oh
Bb                                   Gm
Listen to all the brilliant plans in Cool City
Bb                                      Gm
It's all free now, but you'll pay later with your soul


[Chorus 4]
Eb                Gm
Pray to the the objects on the wall
   Cm                Bb
That you'll stay young and never grow old
Eb                Gm
So come on, the water's fine
   Cm                Bb
Have a drink, snort a line
       Cm             Gm   Cm     F       Gm
'Cause the nights get very chilly here in Cool City