Down And Out In New York Chords by James Brown

[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ [D#m] _ [E] I said, brother, [D#m] _ _
[E] _ [F#] can [B] I borrow [E] [F#] a thin brother, you know, [C#m] dime?
[F#] _ [D#m] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ [B] [E] Said, sis, sis, [F#] _ [B] _
[C#m] sis, sis, she [D#m] don't like to have it, so dime for [C#m] me so I can get this
cup of coffee, [F#] got me a [E] snack, so I [F#] _ [D#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] guess I [C#m] better quit trying to be hip [F#] and get [E] on down.
_ [B] _ _
[E] _ [D#m] Hey, man, I like you.
[D#] I was born [F] in New York [D#m] City [Fm]
on a Monday.
[D#m] _ [Fm] It seems I was out trying [D#m] to choose [Fm] between the [F] new [G#] fat _ [D#m] cats [G#] and the fat hats.
[F#] Doing me a [G#] real big favor, got the [D#m] fat [G#] cat and the fat hat.
[D#m] Playing it on [G#] real, [F#] it's a diamond [C#] _ [G#] _
shot.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [Fm] [D#m] It lives in New York [G#] City and [F] the streets [G#] no place to [D#m] be, but [Fm] there you [D#m] are.
[G#] _ So you [F] try [G#] hard or [D#m] you die [Fm] hard.
No one really gives a good damn.
You try hard and you die hard.
No one gives a [D#m] damn.
[F#] _ _ [C#] _
[G#] Give me a shine, boy.
_ [F#] Down in [C#] New [G#] York [D#m] City.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] Where can you [G#] go [D#m] _ [F#] when you're down in _ [C#] [G#] New York City?
[D#] _ [C#] I'm never, never, [G] never gonna get that [A#m] weight again.
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#] No, [C#m] _ _
[F#] no, no, [C#m] not me.
[F#] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] When you [C#m] need a friend, [F#] _ [C#m] you need to have her.
[F#] _ [C#m] When you want a [F#] friend, [D#m] gonna get myself together in the morning.
[G#] _ [D#m] Gonna leave it [G#] all.
[D#m] One bad [G#] dream, [D#m] all fat cats and the fat [A#m] hats.
[D#] Doing me [G#] a real big favor, got the fat cats and the [D#m] fat hats.
[D#] [F] Playing it [D#m] on real [F#] good.
Give _ [C#] _ [G#] me a shine, _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] [G#] give me a shine.
[D#m] _
_ [F#] _ [C#] Hey, give [G#] me [D#m] a shine. _
_ [A#m] _ [G#m] _ I'm not, [A#m] no. _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[E] Down [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#m] and [F#] out, New [C#m] York City [D#m] ain't [E] nowhere [F#] to be.
Where [C#m] can you go [F#] _
[C#m] when you're down and out [F#] in New [C#m] York City?
[F#] _
[E] Said I'm never, never, never [B] gonna get that [C#m] weight again.
_ [F#] _
[C#m] No, [D#m] no, [C#m] no, no, [F#] _
not [C#m] me.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
[C#m] When you need a friend, [F#] _ [C#m] trouble [F#] mine.
[C#m] When you need a [D#m] friend, you gotta [C#m] trouble mine.
[F#] _ _
[C#m] Ain't [D#m] nobody gonna [C#m] give you one thing [F#] dime. _
[C#m] A [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#m] friend can [F#] be cruel _ [C#m] sometimes.
[F#] It [C#m] can be sweet, [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] but what?
[A#]
[C#m] What bugs a man, [F#] what hurts a man [C#m] when he give him a drink?
[F#] _ _
[C#m] Just can't [F#] get nothing [C#m] to eat.
_ [F#] _
[C#m] That's New York City.
[F#] _ [C#m] That's New York [F#] City.
[C#m] New York [F#] City.
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
[C#m] Holland and [F#] _ [C#m] 25th Street.
[F#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] The Bricks.
[F#] _ _
[C#m] _ [D#m] 8th [C#m] Avenue.
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