[Verse 1]
E
 You pack your bags and you move to the city
D
 There is something missing here at home
E
 You fix your hair and you are looking real pretty
D
 It's time to get it out on your own
E D
    You are always fighting with your mama and your papa
D
 Your family life is one big pain
E
 Well you, you gonna move to the city
D
 Into the city where it all began
 
 
[Chorus 1]
         E
You gotta move, you gotta move
E
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child, you gotta move
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
 You stole your mama's car and your daddy's
D
Plastic credit card
E
 You are sixteen and you can't get a job
           D
you're not going very far
E D
   You are always fighting with the teachers and the police
D
 This social life is much too insane
E
 Well you, you're gonna move to the city
D
 To the city where it all began
 
 
[Chorus 1]
         E
You gotta move, you gotta move
E
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child, you gotta move
 
 
[Chorus 2]
E                           D
Right to the city with the real nitty gritty
E        D
 Oh Child ain't it a pity
E             D
 Sometimes it gets too shitty
E            D
 Come on and hit me
 
 
[Verse 3]
E
 You are on the streets and it ain't so pretty
D
 At least you get to do what you please
E
 You do what you got to do for the money
D
 Sometimes you end up on your knees
E D
   You're always fighting with the locals and the junkies
D
 This city life is one big pain
E
 But you, you had to move to the city
D
 To the city where it all began
 
 
[Chorus 1]
         E
You gotta move, you gotta move
 
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, child, you gotta move
 
 
[Chorus 2]
E                              D
 To the city with the real nitty gritty
E         D
 Aw, child ain't it a pity
E             D
 Sometimes it gets too shitty
E            D
 Come on and hit me