Chords for Back in N.Y.C. Illustrated

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_ _ _ _ _ I see faces and traces of _ hope
[D] I _ _ don't see _ it _
_ _ So _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] you think I love kids
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ watch the [C] hood
_ [G] _
_ Yeah _ _ _ [D] but I need _ some action _
I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
get sent to my _ _ blood
_ They _ _ _ _ [D]
call me the _ _ trailblazer
_ Red tree grazer
[G] I'm a picture in a chain gang
We don't believe in fate
Cause [D] we wanted _ a strong
Yes we wanted the strong
As [G] the weakest link _ _ in the chain
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I _ _ _ was just _ 17
_ I [C] had to get [G] it
I had to be here
If you know _ what I mean
What [Dm] I mean
[G] [D] You _ [C] _ [Bbm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ [C] _ [Bbm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ say I must be crazy
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Cause I don't care who [G] I hit
Who I hit
But [D] I know it's me, the shit in our _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ ownership
_ _ _ I [D] don't care who I hurt
_ _ _ Who I do wrong
This [C] is your mess I'm stuck in
[G] I live long and long
[D] When I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ die you just believe
_ You can [C] tell all the night [G] fires
Where they'll pass me
And [Dm] I'll [G] still be [D] here
_ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Dm] As I'm [Am] _
_ occupied
[Dm] Keeps stress [Am] I'm not going to [Dm] be
Help _ my heart [Am] deep in hell
[Dm] Time to [Am] shave, shave it up
[Dm] _ _ _
[Em] Sometimes [Dm] _ [Am] I'm a romantic escape [Gm] when you're
[Bb] Something [C] I've been waiting for _
[Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ Sometimes _ [Am]
I'm a romantic escape when [Bb] you're
Something [C] I've been _ [F] waiting _ [Dm] for
[Em] _ [F]
Sometimes [Am] I'm a romantic [Gm] escape when you're
Something [Am] I've been waiting [Dm] _ [E] [A] for _
I'm _ [D] _ [Ab] [A] a geek, _ _ _ geek, _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _
geek, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _
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[A] _ _ _ geek
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[D] Sitting in your _ comforts
The thought of you I'm real _
[C] Look at the _ politicians
_ [G] How they're waiting to get out the door
_ [D] _
Don't be pissed, give a piss _ _
And out their trash
They [C] were starting in the first place
[G] So I fired the flash
[D] And I paced them off the strongest beat
And laid them down in cotton sheets
[C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ Laid them down in cotton sheets
[D] _ _
Leaves a loser, an _ _ _ affection
When [C] you're out walking in the [G] streets
You'll remain that _ connection, _ [Dm] connection
_ [D] _
_ _ As _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ I'm [Am] _
_ occupied
[Dm] Keeps stress [Am] I'm not going to be
[D] _ [A] _ [Dm] Now my heart [A] deep in [Dm] hell
Time to [A] shave, shave it up [D] Get [Em] up
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] [Am] Sometimes I'm a romantic escape [Gm] when [Em] you're
[Dm] Something _ [Am] I've been waiting for _
[Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] [Dm] Sometimes [Am] I'm a romantic [Gm] escape when you're
[Dm] Something [C] I've been waiting _ _ [Dm] for
_ _ Sometimes [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Am] I'm a romantic escape when [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] you're You
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