NEW YORK
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                               A (x02220)
                               G (320033)
                           Cadd9 (x32030)



INTRO:		A   G   A   Cadd9   G

		A   G   A   Cadd9   G  (stop)

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VERSE 1:  	 in new york freedom looks like    too many choices
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		 in new york i found a friend
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		to drown out the other voices
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		voices on the cell phone voices from home
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		voices through the hard sell
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		voices down a stairwell in new york
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		 just got a place in new york


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VERSE 2:  	 in new york summers get hot
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		well into the hundreds
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		 you can't walk around the block
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		without a change of clothing
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		hot as a hair dryer in your face
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		hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york
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		i just got a place in new york
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		new york (new york) new york


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VERSE 3:  	 in new york you can forget
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		forget how to sit still
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		 tell yourself you will stay in
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		but it's down to alphaville


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CHORUS 1: 	new york     new york, new york
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		new york, new york
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		new york, a-ooo


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VERSE 4:  	 the irish 'been coming here for years
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		feel like they own the place
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		 they got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor
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		they even got the police
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		irish, italians, jews and hispanics
		  Cadd9           G                    A
		religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew
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		(living) happily not like me and you
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		that's where i lost you in


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CHORUS 2: 	in new york   new york, new york
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		in new york   new york, new york
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		new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
		 A    G     Cadd9   G     A      G   Cadd9   G
		new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo


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VERSE 5:  	 in new york i lost it all to  you and your vices
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		 still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis
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		 i hit an iceberg in my life, you know i'm still afloat
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		you lose your balance, lose your wife
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		in the queue for the lifeboat
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		you've got to put the women and children first
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		but you've got an unquenchable thirst for


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CHORUS 3: 	new york        new york
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		new york        new york, new york


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VERSE 6:  	in the stillness of the evening
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		when the sun has had its day
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		i heard your voice a-whispering
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		come away now


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CHORUS 4: 	new    new york, new-ooo-ooo
		 Cadd9    G      A   G   A
		new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo

		new york


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