Chords for Charles & Eddie - NYC (Can You Believe This City?) (1993)
Tempo:
90.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
E
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] I [G] [C]
[D] was hanging out on the George Brown [G] steps when the summer
love we was in [D] New York City.
[G]
[D] I was cool with the radio [G] on, I think it was Slice singing K-Salad.
[D] I was so drunk with my fire [G] on.
[D] My mother kept saying, where's he at?
[G] Sitting here watching the world go by.
[D] Why don't you guys get out there and [G] do something?
[D] It became a brotherhood [G] night,
sharing our lives over a bottle of [D] wine.
I was smiling,
[G]
[D] and caught a light on the road.
You [G] saw some rich man shot some homeless guy.
[D] Thought he was being [E] robbed.
[G] You can hear him [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya do?
[D] Little girl in my sheets,
stand out all [G] night.
So catchy was her,
the beat was sneaking,
the [D] sirens didn't dance.
[E] The sirens didn't dance.
And it was nice to me.
[D] Smash was dancing,
when he [G] saw me.
We was all snapping,
hard on his mom [D] right.
But it was good.
It was [G] good. Oh, baby.
[D] It was my [Em] game.
[G] Sigurd [D] was walking.
[Em] [G]
[D] Changing the grid [E] in the job spot.
[G] Told him every kid in school was a total gun.
[D] They were just too scared.
[G] Too scared.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do [G] ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
[F#] [E] [D] New York.
[G] [D] It's a trip sometimes.
[G] You know?
[D] Ran in the seat,
on the E [G] train.
Had a brand new copy of Marvin [D] Gaye's Trouble Man.
Trouble Man.
[G] I [D] couldn't help thinking coming home that [G] day
is in New York City.
[D] Back to LA.
That's you, right?
[G] That's not me.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
I'm leaving the city.
[D] Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do, do ya do?
Bye,
[G] bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
[D] I'm leaving the city.
City.
[D] [G]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] I [G] [C]
[D] was hanging out on the George Brown [G] steps when the summer
love we was in [D] New York City.
[G]
[D] I was cool with the radio [G] on, I think it was Slice singing K-Salad.
[D] I was so drunk with my fire [G] on.
[D] My mother kept saying, where's he at?
[G] Sitting here watching the world go by.
[D] Why don't you guys get out there and [G] do something?
[D] It became a brotherhood [G] night,
sharing our lives over a bottle of [D] wine.
I was smiling,
[G]
[D] and caught a light on the road.
You [G] saw some rich man shot some homeless guy.
[D] Thought he was being [E] robbed.
[G] You can hear him [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya do?
[D] Little girl in my sheets,
stand out all [G] night.
So catchy was her,
the beat was sneaking,
the [D] sirens didn't dance.
[E] The sirens didn't dance.
And it was nice to me.
[D] Smash was dancing,
when he [G] saw me.
We was all snapping,
hard on his mom [D] right.
But it was good.
It was [G] good. Oh, baby.
[D] It was my [Em] game.
[G] Sigurd [D] was walking.
[Em] [G]
[D] Changing the grid [E] in the job spot.
[G] Told him every kid in school was a total gun.
[D] They were just too scared.
[G] Too scared.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do [G] ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
[F#] [E] [D] New York.
[G] [D] It's a trip sometimes.
[G] You know?
[D] Ran in the seat,
on the E [G] train.
Had a brand new copy of Marvin [D] Gaye's Trouble Man.
Trouble Man.
[G] I [D] couldn't help thinking coming home that [G] day
is in New York City.
[D] Back to LA.
That's you, right?
[G] That's not me.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
I'm leaving the city.
[D] Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do, do ya do?
Bye,
[G] bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
[D] I'm leaving the city.
City.
Key:
G
D
E
Em
C
G
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ I [G] _ _ [C] _
[D] was hanging out on the George Brown [G] steps when the summer
love we was in [D] New York City.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] I was cool with the radio [G] on, I think it was Slice singing K-Salad.
[D] I was so drunk with my fire [G] on. _ _
[D] My mother kept saying, where's he at?
[G] Sitting here watching the world go by.
[D] Why don't you guys get out there and [G] do something? _ _
[D] It became a brotherhood [G] night,
sharing our lives over a bottle of [D] wine.
I was smiling,
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] and caught a light on the road.
You [G] saw some rich man shot some homeless guy.
[D] Thought he was being [E] robbed.
_ [G] _ You can hear him [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya do? _
[D] Little girl in my sheets,
stand out all [G] night.
So catchy was her,
the beat was sneaking,
the [D] sirens didn't dance.
[E] The sirens didn't dance.
And it was nice to me.
[D] Smash was dancing,
when he [G] saw me.
We was all snapping,
hard on his mom [D] right.
But it was good.
It was [G] good. Oh, baby. _
[D] It was my [Em] game.
_ [G] _ _ Sigurd [D] was walking.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] Changing the grid [E] in the job spot.
[G] Told him every kid in school was a total gun.
[D] They were just too scared.
[G] Too scared.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do [G] ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do? _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ New York.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ It's a trip sometimes.
[G] You know?
_ _ [D] Ran in the seat,
on the E [G] train.
Had a brand new copy of Marvin [D] Gaye's Trouble Man.
Trouble Man.
[G] I _ _ [D] couldn't help thinking coming home that [G] day
is in New York City.
[D] Back to LA.
That's you, right?
[G] That's not me.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm _ [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
I'm leaving the city.
[D] Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do, do ya do?
Bye, _ _
[G] _ _ bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
[D] I'm leaving the city.
City.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ I [G] _ _ [C] _
[D] was hanging out on the George Brown [G] steps when the summer
love we was in [D] New York City.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] I was cool with the radio [G] on, I think it was Slice singing K-Salad.
[D] I was so drunk with my fire [G] on. _ _
[D] My mother kept saying, where's he at?
[G] Sitting here watching the world go by.
[D] Why don't you guys get out there and [G] do something? _ _
[D] It became a brotherhood [G] night,
sharing our lives over a bottle of [D] wine.
I was smiling,
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] and caught a light on the road.
You [G] saw some rich man shot some homeless guy.
[D] Thought he was being [E] robbed.
_ [G] _ You can hear him [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya do, [G] do ya do, do ya do? _
[D] Little girl in my sheets,
stand out all [G] night.
So catchy was her,
the beat was sneaking,
the [D] sirens didn't dance.
[E] The sirens didn't dance.
And it was nice to me.
[D] Smash was dancing,
when he [G] saw me.
We was all snapping,
hard on his mom [D] right.
But it was good.
It was [G] good. Oh, baby. _
[D] It was my [Em] game.
_ [G] _ _ Sigurd [D] was walking.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] Changing the grid [E] in the job spot.
[G] Told him every kid in school was a total gun.
[D] They were just too scared.
[G] Too scared.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do [G] ya do, do ya [D] do, do ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do? _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ New York.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ It's a trip sometimes.
[G] You know?
_ _ [D] Ran in the seat,
on the E [G] train.
Had a brand new copy of Marvin [D] Gaye's Trouble Man.
Trouble Man.
[G] I _ _ [D] couldn't help thinking coming home that [G] day
is in New York City.
[D] Back to LA.
That's you, right?
[G] That's not me.
You can hear them [D] say,
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do?
Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
I'm _ [D] leaving the city.
Do ya do, do ya [G] do, do ya do, do ya do?
I'm leaving the city.
[D] Bye, bye, bye, bye, [G] bye, bye.
_ I'm [D] leaving the city.
Do [G] ya do, do ya do, do [D] ya do, do ya do?
Bye, _ _
[G] _ _ bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
[D] I'm leaving the city.
City.