Chords for Allan Taylor - New York In The Seventies

[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] Long Beach, [E] [B] early in the [F#] morning, _ I'm walking [B] the boardwalk by [F#] the sea.
_ _ [G#m] I'm with my little [F#] boy, he's [B] not sleeping too well.
My little boy [C#m] is a [B] lot [F#] like me. _ _ _
_ _ And [B] I came home [E] late [B] from [F#] the city.
_ I was in [B] the village [E] [B] having [F#] fun.
_ All [G#m] the queens were coming [F#] out [B] on Christopher Street.
And a new [C#m] age had [B] [F#] begun. _ _ _ _ _
And I'm [B] in a [D#m] long [F#] [B] line of lovers,
who came [E] to New [B] York looking [C#m] for [B] the [F#] muse. _
_ [G#m] I've found her waiting [F#] tables [E] on Bleecker [B] Street,
to [E] pay for [B] dancing [F#] _
shoes.
_ _ _ I [B] played the Gaslight [E] and [B] Gertie's [F#] Folk City,
a [B] bitter end [E] in the [B] occasional [F#] bar.
_ I [G#m] played the [F#] game [E] of money and [B] fame,
cause [E] everybody [B] [C#m] wants to be [B] a [F#] star. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] And I had my [E] share [B] of [F#]
intoxication,
I [B] did a few drugs and drank too much [F#] Uncle Jack.
_ But I [G#m] stopped [F#] in time when [E] I saw the [B] signs,
and [E] I knew [B] [C#m] I had [B] to [F#] get back.
_ _ _ _ And I'm [E] in a [B] [F#] long line [B] of lovers,
who [E] came to New York looking [B] for [F#] the muse. _
[G#m] I've found her waiting [F#] tables [E] on Bleecker [B] Street,
[G#m] to pay for [C#m] [B] dancing [F#] shoes. _
_ _ _ _ [B] And the Vietnam [E] War [B] was still [F#] raging.
_ We were [B] singing protest songs in Washington [F#] Square.
_ _ [G#] Too many [F#] guys [E] just never [B] came home,
cause [E] not [C#m] enough [B] people [F#] cared. _ _ _ _
And [B] those who made it back were [F#] looking lost and confused.
Was [B] it a victory [E] or [B] a [F#] tactical retreat? _
Either [G#m] way it [F#] left a wound in [E] America's [B] heart,
to [E] see them sleeping [C#m] out [F#] on the street. _
_ _ _ And I'm in [E] a [B]
[F#] long line [B] of lovers,
who came [E] to New [B] York [C#m] looking [B] for the [F#] muse.
_ [G#m] I've found her [F#] waiting [B] tables [E] on [B] Bleecker Street,
to [E] pay for [F#] dancing shoes. _ _ _ _
I [B] spent a few days with [E] the rest [F#] of Bob Marley.
I [B] was told to keep him [E] straight [F#] and true.
_ But [G#m] as I [F#] recall, we [E] were flying so [B] high,
as [E] we [C#m] walked down [B] 7th [F#] Avenue.
_ _ _ _ _ And we saw [B]
Springsteen [E] play at [B] Max's [F#] Kansas City.
I warned [B] Marley, played there, [E] every [B] seat [F#] was sold.
_ [G#m] Marley died too [F#] young, Bruce [E] became the [B] boss.
[E] And I just [C#m] followed [B] the [F#] road. _ _ _
And [D#m] I'm in [E] a [B] long [F#] line [B] of lovers,
who came [E] to New York looking [B] for the [F#] muse.
_ _ [G#m] I've found her waiting [F#] tables [E] on Bleecker [B] Street,
[E] to pay for [B] dancing [F#]
shoes.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
Thirty years [E] later, [B] [F#] and I'm thinking,
I'm [B] still here, some of my friends [F#] are gone.
_ [G#m] My little boy's [F#] grown, he's [E] got a son of [B] his own.
_ [E]
Everybody's [C#m] got to [B] sing their [F#] own song. _ _ _
_ I came [B] back to Long Beach, [E] and [B] I'm looking [F#] out at the sea.
I'm [B] standing in [E] a [B] warm summer [F#]
haze.
I [G#m] can see those [F#] times like I'm in [E] a picture [B] show.
[G#m] New [B] York in the [F#] _
70's.
_ _ _ And [E] I'm in a [B] long [F#] line [B] of lovers,
who came [E] to New York [C#m] looking [B] for the [F#] muse.
_ [G#m] I've found her waiting [F#] tables [E] on Bleecker [B] Street,
[E] to pay for [B] dancing [F#] shoes. _ _ _
_ _ [B] Long Beach, early in the [F#] morning,
_ I'm walking [B] the boardwalk by [F#] the sea.
_ _ [G#m] I'm with my little [F#] boy, he's [E] not sleeping [B] too well.
[G#m] My little boy [C#m] is a lot [B] like [F#] me.
_ My little [E] boy [B] [F#] is a lot like [B] me.
_ [E] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
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