This document is the lyrics to the song "We Built This City" by Starship. The lyrics describe building a city on rock and roll, with references to ignoring corporations, just wanting to dance, and looking for America. It's sung from the perspective of those who built the city and don't want outsiders interfering with their culture and way of life centered around music.
This document is the lyrics to the song "We Built This City" by Starship. The lyrics describe building a city on rock and roll, with references to ignoring corporations, just wanting to dance, and looking for America. It's sung from the perspective of those who built the city and don't want outsiders interfering with their culture and way of life centered around music.
This document is the lyrics to the song "We Built This City" by Starship. The lyrics describe building a city on rock and roll, with references to ignoring corporations, just wanting to dance, and looking for America. It's sung from the perspective of those who built the city and don't want outsiders interfering with their culture and way of life centered around music.
This document is the lyrics to the song "We Built This City" by Starship. The lyrics describe building a city on rock and roll, with references to ignoring corporations, just wanting to dance, and looking for America. It's sung from the perspective of those who built the city and don't want outsiders interfering with their culture and way of life centered around music.
(Cadd9)Say you don’t care who (A7)goes… to (D)that kind of place (D)Knee deep in the hoopla… (G)sinking in your fight (Cadd9)Too many… (A7)runaways… (D)ea-ea-eating up the (Dmaj7)night
Mar(Bm)coni plays the (G)mamba… (D)listen to the radi(A7)o
Don’t you re(D)mem(G)ber… we (D)built this (G)city (D) (Em7) We (D)built this (G)city on (D)rock (Dmaj7)and (Bm)roll We (G)built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and roll (G)Built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and (G)roll
(D) (G) (D) (Em7) (D) (G) (A7) (D)
(D)Someone’s always playing… (G)corporation games
(Cadd9)Who cares, they’re always (A7)changing… (D) corporation names (D)We just want to dance here… (G)someone stole the stage They (Cadd9)call us irres(A7)ponsible… (D)wri-i-ite us off the (Dmaj7)page
Mar(Bm)coni plays the (G)mamba… (D)listen to the radi(A7)o
Don’t you re(D)mem(G)ber… we (D)built this (G)city (D) (Em7) We (D)built this (G)city on (D)rock (Dmaj7)and (Bm)roll We (G)built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and roll (G)Built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and (G)roll
(D)Who counts the money… (G)underneath the bar
(Cadd9)Who rides the (A7)wrecking ball… in(D)to our guitars Don’t (D)tell us you need us… cos (G)we’re the ship of fools (Cadd9)Looking for A(A7)merica… (D)co-o-oming through your schools
Mar(Bm)coni plays the (G)mamba… (D)listen to the radi(A7)o
Don’t you re(D)mem(G)ber… we (D)built this (G)city (D) (Em7) We (D)built this (G)city on (D)rock (Dmaj7)and (Bm)roll We (G)built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and roll (G)Built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and (G)roll We (G)built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and roll (G)Built this city… we (D)built this city on rock and (G –single strum)roll
Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf