Chords for Dion - King of the New York Streets
Tempo:
131.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I'm sitting here with a man who loves this living legend.
legend,
How long Billy have you known Neon?
this guy since before I was born.
before he was born.
king of
inspired a younger generation of rockers
I'm sitting here with a man who loves this living legend.
legend,
How long Billy have you known Neon?
this guy since before I was born.
before he was born.
king of
inspired a younger generation of rockers
100% ➙ 132BPM
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[A#] _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ I'm sitting here with a man who loves this living legend.
I mean besides being a legend,
he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. _
How long Billy have you known Neon?
_ I've known this guy _ since before I was born.
Since before he was born.
_ _ _ He's the king of
the Bronx man, the king of Fordham Road.
Well he's inspired a younger generation of rockers
and he's given music some of its happiest moments.
And he's got a great book called
Neon Story.
He's got an album.
He's got his own dark glasses.
_ The king of the streets.
The New York streets from his album Yo Frankie.
Neon!
Yo [F#m] Neon! _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ People call me the _ scandalizer.
[D] _ _ Well where's my appetizer?
[E] _ I turn gangs into _ fertilizer.
_ [F#m] King of the New York [B] streets.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ I
throw cards like _ [D] windowpane.
_ _ Representing nails and _ _ [E] chains.
My kingdom I proclaim.
_ [F#m] King
of the New York streets.
Check it out. _ _ _ _
_ _ Check [D] it out.
Check it out.
Check it out.
Check _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ it out.
_ _ _ [F#m] Check check it out.
_ _ And I've flown my accelerator.
_ _ [D] _ _ All the way to the equator.
_ _ [E] _ Just a local gladiator.
I [F#m] _ came out of New York streets.
_ _ [D] _ I was only 16.
_ [A] Yes.
_ What could
[E] I heard, ah, [D] _ in my mind.
He's passing _ [A] in.
Legend [E] show has, ah, [F#m] _ _ _
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
People from miles [D] around, _ I see my Royal Tenement crown.
[E] _ _ Always up, never down.
_ [F#m] _ Came out of New York [E] Street.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Teacher gave me nothing needed.
[D] _ To my throne I proceeded.
_ _ [E] _ _ Every warning went _ [F#m] unheeded.
King of the New York Street, _ we was the same.
♪ Yeah, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
chachachachah ♪
_ [E] ♪ Yeah, _ _ _ chachachachah, [F#m] yeah, _ chachachachah ♪
♪ Yeah, momma ♪
♪ I stood _ tall on that [D] feeling ♪
♪ I bumped my head on Heaven's ceiling _ [E] _ shooting dice ♪
♪ Dumbledore [F#m] at the cage in front of New York Street ♪
[D] _ I was only 16, _ [A] yes, what [E] could I have known [D] in my mind?
These passing [A] years, the legend [E] sure has gone.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Each time I jump behind the wheel [D] of a pinstripe custom Oldsmobile,
[E] _ guys they'd bow, girls they'd [F#m] squeal, came out of New York streets.
Oh, _ _ look, oh, fun as [B] I [D] deflated, _ backstreet job that I [E] translated.
_ Top ten girls were all I dated, _ [F#] came out of New [F#m] York streets.
Check it out, blow that. _ _ _
Oh, _ [D] oh, _ _ _ _ oh, _ [E] _ _ oh, oh, oh, _ _ oh, [F#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ [F#] You [B] need nobody, [D] God.
_ I just ruled from my [Am] backyard.
[E] _ Living fast, living hard.
_ [F#m] _ King of the New York streets.
Check [F#] it out, _ yeah.
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_ _ I _ woke _
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_ I'm sitting here with a man who loves this living legend.
I mean besides being a legend,
he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. _
How long Billy have you known Neon?
_ I've known this guy _ since before I was born.
Since before he was born.
_ _ _ He's the king of
the Bronx man, the king of Fordham Road.
Well he's inspired a younger generation of rockers
and he's given music some of its happiest moments.
And he's got a great book called
Neon Story.
He's got an album.
He's got his own dark glasses.
_ The king of the streets.
The New York streets from his album Yo Frankie.
Neon!
Yo [F#m] Neon! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ People call me the _ scandalizer.
[D] _ _ Well where's my appetizer?
[E] _ I turn gangs into _ fertilizer.
_ [F#m] King of the New York [B] streets.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ I
throw cards like _ [D] windowpane.
_ _ Representing nails and _ _ [E] chains.
My kingdom I proclaim.
_ [F#m] King
of the New York streets.
Check it out. _ _ _ _
_ _ Check [D] it out.
Check it out.
Check it out.
Check _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ it out.
_ _ _ [F#m] Check check it out.
_ _ And I've flown my accelerator.
_ _ [D] _ _ All the way to the equator.
_ _ [E] _ Just a local gladiator.
I [F#m] _ came out of New York streets.
_ _ [D] _ I was only 16.
_ [A] Yes.
_ What could
[E] I heard, ah, [D] _ in my mind.
He's passing _ [A] in.
Legend [E] show has, ah, [F#m] _ _ _
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
People from miles [D] around, _ I see my Royal Tenement crown.
[E] _ _ Always up, never down.
_ [F#m] _ Came out of New York [E] Street.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Teacher gave me nothing needed.
[D] _ To my throne I proceeded.
_ _ [E] _ _ Every warning went _ [F#m] unheeded.
King of the New York Street, _ we was the same.
♪ Yeah, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
chachachachah ♪
_ [E] ♪ Yeah, _ _ _ chachachachah, [F#m] yeah, _ chachachachah ♪
♪ Yeah, momma ♪
♪ I stood _ tall on that [D] feeling ♪
♪ I bumped my head on Heaven's ceiling _ [E] _ shooting dice ♪
♪ Dumbledore [F#m] at the cage in front of New York Street ♪
[D] _ I was only 16, _ [A] yes, what [E] could I have known [D] in my mind?
These passing [A] years, the legend [E] sure has gone.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Each time I jump behind the wheel [D] of a pinstripe custom Oldsmobile,
[E] _ guys they'd bow, girls they'd [F#m] squeal, came out of New York streets.
Oh, _ _ look, oh, fun as [B] I [D] deflated, _ backstreet job that I [E] translated.
_ Top ten girls were all I dated, _ [F#] came out of New [F#m] York streets.
Check it out, blow that. _ _ _
Oh, _ [D] oh, _ _ _ _ oh, _ [E] _ _ oh, oh, oh, _ _ oh, [F#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ [F#] You [B] need nobody, [D] God.
_ I just ruled from my [Am] backyard.
[E] _ Living fast, living hard.
_ [F#m] _ King of the New York streets.
Check [F#] it out, _ yeah.
_ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ I _ woke _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ one day and I realized _ [E] _ this attitude comes from cocaine lies [F#m] I said _ _ _
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