Chords for Central Park n' West (2000 Remaster)
Tempo:
75.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [A] [E] [Bm] [G] [D]
[A] [D] [D]
[A] [E] [Bm] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
The Gulf of Western [A] Garden, [Bm] cause they ain't the prettiest [G] smell.
When [D] you're sleeping on [A] the first floor up, [D] it's [G] like living [D] in hell.
New York's finest women [A] are the warmest, [Bm] the father get no [G] rest.
[D] And ambulances [A] signal [D] death on [G] Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
Now there ain't no sheets [A] upon my bed, just [Bm] a mattress and some [G] wine.
[D] The rain is pouring [A] through the night, [D] I'm glad my [G] life is [D] mine.
Frank Carrillo [A] plays guitar, [Bm] try to get [G] it off his chest.
[D] He'll get a little word, [A] at least a name, [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
I think, I [A] think, I think, [Em] I think it's [G] the best.
[D] When I'm locked in the middle [A] of New York City [Bm] on Central, [G] Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know I'm [A] [Em] [G]
[D] a pussycat, I've been crazy [A] to live in the city.
[D] I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
[F#m] [Bm] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
I'm waiting [A] on someone just might be [Bm] in the city we [G] call home.
[D] She leaves me [A] sometimes when I write, cause [D] I write [G] better on [D] my own.
Bag ladies take [A] my dollars, [Bm] put my conscience to the [G] test.
[D] Waitresses [A] give me coffee free [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
Those sweet, sober, [A] sing-a-songs, [Bm] it's time [G] to sing them out.
[D] I'm getting [A] numb and hot from hearing [D] you, don't sing the choir, [G] sing them [D] loud.
For you sang with the [A] best of them, [Bm] but now you're just [G] a guest.
[D] I know [A] [D] my Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
I think, I [A] [G] think, I think, I think it's the best.
[D] [A] When I'm locked in the [Bm] middle of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know [F#m] I'm [Em] [G]
[D] a [A] pussycat, I've been crazy to live in the [D] city.
I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
[A] [Em] [Bm] [D] I [A] [D] think,
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
I [A] think, I think, I [G] think it's the best.
[D] When I'm locked [A] in the middle [E] of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, and West.
[D] [G]
[A] [D] [D]
[A] [E] [Bm] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
The Gulf of Western [A] Garden, [Bm] cause they ain't the prettiest [G] smell.
When [D] you're sleeping on [A] the first floor up, [D] it's [G] like living [D] in hell.
New York's finest women [A] are the warmest, [Bm] the father get no [G] rest.
[D] And ambulances [A] signal [D] death on [G] Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
Now there ain't no sheets [A] upon my bed, just [Bm] a mattress and some [G] wine.
[D] The rain is pouring [A] through the night, [D] I'm glad my [G] life is [D] mine.
Frank Carrillo [A] plays guitar, [Bm] try to get [G] it off his chest.
[D] He'll get a little word, [A] at least a name, [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
I think, I [A] think, I think, [Em] I think it's [G] the best.
[D] When I'm locked in the middle [A] of New York City [Bm] on Central, [G] Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know I'm [A] [Em] [G]
[D] a pussycat, I've been crazy [A] to live in the city.
[D] I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
[F#m] [Bm] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
I'm waiting [A] on someone just might be [Bm] in the city we [G] call home.
[D] She leaves me [A] sometimes when I write, cause [D] I write [G] better on [D] my own.
Bag ladies take [A] my dollars, [Bm] put my conscience to the [G] test.
[D] Waitresses [A] give me coffee free [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
Those sweet, sober, [A] sing-a-songs, [Bm] it's time [G] to sing them out.
[D] I'm getting [A] numb and hot from hearing [D] you, don't sing the choir, [G] sing them [D] loud.
For you sang with the [A] best of them, [Bm] but now you're just [G] a guest.
[D] I know [A] [D] my Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
I think, I [A] [G] think, I think, I think it's the best.
[D] [A] When I'm locked in the [Bm] middle of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know [F#m] I'm [Em] [G]
[D] a [A] pussycat, I've been crazy to live in the [D] city.
I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
[A] [Em] [Bm] [D] I [A] [D] think,
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
I [A] think, I think, I [G] think it's the best.
[D] When I'm locked [A] in the middle [E] of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, and West.
[D] [G]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
D
A
G
[D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
The Gulf of Western [A] Garden, [Bm] cause they ain't the prettiest [G] smell.
When [D] you're sleeping on [A] the first floor up, [D] it's [G] like living [D] in hell.
New York's finest women [A] are the warmest, [Bm] the father get no [G] rest.
[D] And ambulances [A] signal [D] death on [G] Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
Now there ain't no sheets [A] upon my bed, just [Bm] a mattress and some [G] wine.
[D] The rain is pouring [A] through the night, [D] I'm glad my [G] life is [D] mine.
Frank Carrillo [A] plays guitar, [Bm] try to get [G] it off his chest.
[D] He'll get a little word, [A] at least a name, [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
I think, I [A] think, I think, [Em] I think it's [G] the best.
[D] When I'm locked in the middle [A] of New York City [Bm] on Central, [G] Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know I'm [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
[D] a pussycat, I've been crazy [A] to live in the city.
[D] I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _
I'm waiting [A] on someone just might be [Bm] in the city we [G] call home.
[D] She leaves me [A] sometimes when I write, cause [D] I write [G] better on [D] my own.
Bag ladies take [A] my dollars, [Bm] put my conscience to the [G] test.
_ [D] Waitresses [A] give me coffee free [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
Those sweet, sober, [A] sing-a-songs, [Bm] it's time [G] to sing them out.
[D] I'm getting [A] numb and hot from hearing [D] you, don't sing the choir, [G] sing them [D] loud.
For you sang with the [A] best of them, [Bm] but now you're just [G] a guest.
[D] I know _ [A] [D] my Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
I think, I [A] _ [G] think, I think, I think it's the best.
_ [D] _ _ [A] When I'm locked in the [Bm] middle of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know [F#m] I'm _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] a [A] pussycat, I've been crazy to live in the [D] city.
I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [D] I _ _ _ [A] _ [D] think, _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _
_ I [A] think, I think, I [G] think it's the best.
[D] When I'm locked [A] in the middle [E] of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, and West.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
The Gulf of Western [A] Garden, [Bm] cause they ain't the prettiest [G] smell.
When [D] you're sleeping on [A] the first floor up, [D] it's [G] like living [D] in hell.
New York's finest women [A] are the warmest, [Bm] the father get no [G] rest.
[D] And ambulances [A] signal [D] death on [G] Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
Now there ain't no sheets [A] upon my bed, just [Bm] a mattress and some [G] wine.
[D] The rain is pouring [A] through the night, [D] I'm glad my [G] life is [D] mine.
Frank Carrillo [A] plays guitar, [Bm] try to get [G] it off his chest.
[D] He'll get a little word, [A] at least a name, [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
I think, I [A] think, I think, [Em] I think it's [G] the best.
[D] When I'm locked in the middle [A] of New York City [Bm] on Central, [G] Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know I'm [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
[D] a pussycat, I've been crazy [A] to live in the city.
[D] I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _
I'm waiting [A] on someone just might be [Bm] in the city we [G] call home.
[D] She leaves me [A] sometimes when I write, cause [D] I write [G] better on [D] my own.
Bag ladies take [A] my dollars, [Bm] put my conscience to the [G] test.
_ [D] Waitresses [A] give me coffee free [D] on Central, [G] Bottom, [D] and West.
Those sweet, sober, [A] sing-a-songs, [Bm] it's time [G] to sing them out.
[D] I'm getting [A] numb and hot from hearing [D] you, don't sing the choir, [G] sing them [D] loud.
For you sang with the [A] best of them, [Bm] but now you're just [G] a guest.
[D] I know _ [A] [D] my Central, [D] Bottom, and West.
I think, I [A] _ [G] think, I think, I think it's the best.
_ [D] _ _ [A] When I'm locked in the [Bm] middle of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, [A] and West.
[D] I know [F#m] I'm _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] a [A] pussycat, I've been crazy to live in the [D] city.
I know [G] New York [D] City's the best.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [D] I _ _ _ [A] _ [D] think, _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _
_ I [A] think, I think, I [G] think it's the best.
[D] When I'm locked [A] in the middle [E] of New York City on [G] Central, Bottom, and West.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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