Kiss - While The City Sleeps: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "While The City Sleeps" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn While The City Sleeps ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "While The City Sleeps" smoothly on your ukulele.

E
What goes on behind closed doors
  C      D      G
Private wounds, open sores
E
You're your own worst enemy
      C      D               G
And cheap thrills bring you to your knees
E
It's thumbs down for someone you know
          C    D        G
And it's easy come and easy go

Chorus:
B               E
Burn your bridges,
B                   E
take what you can get
B                                          E
Go for the throat 'cause you paid your debt
B                               E
Living well is the best revenge,
B                A
so give them hell

                 E
While the city sleeps
     C                    D
Yeah, it's all there in black and white
                 E
While the city sleeps
        C                     D
Yeah, through the eye of the needle,
gotta thread your life
                 E
While the city sleeps
While the city sleeps

Yeah, hit or miss, an eye for an eye
Live for today, and don't ask why
For better or worse, you're bought and sold
They love you when you're hot
And leave you when you're cold

Chorus:
Burn your bridges,
take what you can get
Go for the throat 'cause you paid your debt
Living well is the best revenge,
so give them hell

While the city sleeps
Yeah, better run for your life
Take your troubles to the night
While the city sleeps
Yeah, beggars, thieves and losers,
there's no relief
While the city sleeps
There's no relief, while the city sleeps
While the city sleeps - yeah

Chorus:
Burn your bridges,
take what you can get
Go for the throat 'cause you paid your debt
Living well is the best revenge,
so give them hell

While the city sleeps - while the city sleeps
While the city sleeps - while the city sleeps
While the city sleeps
Yeah, there's no relief
While the city sleeps

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

E

Ukulele chord E

G

Ukulele chord G

B

Ukulele chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "While The City Sleeps" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "While The City Sleeps" by Kiss.

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