Nine Million Bicycles by Katie Melua - Ukulele Chords
Chorus
There are [C]nine million bicycles in Bei[Em]jing
That's a [Dm]fact,
It's a [F]thing we can't deny
Like the [Dm]fact that I will [G]love you till I [C]die.
Verse
We are [C]twelve billion light years from the [Em]edge,
That's [Dm]a guess,
No-one can [F]ever say it's true
But I [Dm]know that I will [G]always be with [C]you.
Pre-Chorus
I'm [Fm]warmed by the [C]fire of your [G]love every [Am]day
So [Fm]don't call me a [C]liar,
Just [Dm]believe every [F]thing that I [G]say
Chorus
There are [C]six billion people in the [Em]world
More or [Dm]less
and it [F]makes me feel quite small
But [Dm]you're the one I [G]love the most of [C]all
There are [C]six billion people in the [Em]world
More or [Dm]less
and it [F]makes me feel quite small
But [Dm]you're the one I [G]love the most of [C]all
[G7sus2] [C] [G7sus2] [C]
Pre-Chorus
We're [Fm]high on the [C]wire
With the [G]world in our [Am]sight
And [Fm]I'll never [C]tire,
Of the [Dm]love that you [F]give me every [G]night
Chorus
There are [C]nine million bicycles in Bei[Em]jing
That's a [Dm]fact,
It's a [F]thing we can't deny
Like the [Dm]fact that I will [G]love you till I [C]die.
[G7sus2] [Am]
And there are [Dm]nine million [G]bicycles in [C]Beijing
[G7sus2] [Am]
And you [Dm]know that I will [G]love you till I [C]die.
[G7sus2] [C]
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The Story Behind the Song
Nine Million Bicycles is a gentle, reflective pop song performed by Katie Melua and written and produced by Mike Batt. It appears on her 2005 album Piece by Piece.
The song’s origin is surprisingly simple: Mike Batt was inspired by a visit to Beijing and a striking fact about the city, that it had an enormous number of bicycles in daily use. He used this image as the opening line, “There are nine million bicycles in Beijing,” to create a sense of scale and quiet wonder about the world and human life within it.