Native New Yorker Chords by Esther Phillips

[Fm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I grew up riding the subway, _ [F] [Eb] running with people.
_ Up in Harlem, down on [Dm] Broadway.
I'm no tramp, but [G] I ain't no lady.
I'm [Eb] talking at street level, with the [Gm] heart and soul of New York [Dm] City.
To me, [Abm] [D] to me love [Gm] is just a passing word.
_ _ _ [Cm] [Dm] It's a thought I had [Ab] in a [Abm] taxicab that [Gm] night left on the curb.
_ _ [Eb] When you dropped me off on East End Third,
[Cm] [Dm] it's alright, _ _ [G] _ _ [F] I'm a [Eb] native New _ [Bb] Yorker.
_ I'm [Dm] on the school bus _ [D] now, _ [Eb] I'm a native New _ [Bb] Yorker. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Music plays, [Bb] everyone's dancing, [Eb] closer and closer.
[Bb] _
_ [Cm] Making friends and finding [Dm] love.
But now you're [D] lost in the shadows, [Eb] searching for someone.
_ Searching free from New York [Dm] City. _ _
[F] Where _ did [Eb] all your yesterdays go?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] When you still believe [Bb] that love could [Eb] really [Gm] [Eb] be just like a Broadway show.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] You are the sun, we need your clothes.
[Dm] It's alright, _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm a native New Yorker.
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] And I'm on the school bus _ [Fm] now, _ [Eb] I'm a native New Yorker.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ Music plays, [G] everyone's dancing, _ [Eb] closer and closer. _
_ Making friends and finding [Dm] love.
But now you're lost in the [F] shadows, [Cm] searching for [Gm] someone.
_ Searching free from New York [Dm] City. _ _
_ [Ab] Where [D] _ [Gm] did all your yesterdays go?
_ _ _ [Dm] When you still believe [Db] that love [Ab] could [Gm] really be just like a Broadway [Cm] show.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ You are the sun, _ [Cm] we need your clothes.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ It's [Eb] alright, I'm a native New Yorker.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Abm] I'm a native _ [Eb] New Yorker.
I'm a native _ New [Cm] _ Yorker.
[Bb] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] I'm [Eb] a native New Yorker.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] Hey, _ [F] hey, hey.
_ _ [Eb] We got a piano playing [Cm] on the stand.
I'm New York [Dm] City.
Oh, _ [Fm] love.
[B] You know me, [Gm] my name is Little Mama.
And I'm a native New [F] Yorker.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Music plays, everyone's dancing, closer and closer.
Making [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ friends [F] and finding love.
_ [Dm] But _
_ [Abm] now you're lost in the shadows, searching for someone.
Where did all your yesterdays go?
[Eb] When you still believe that love could really be [Fm] just like [Bb] a _ Broadway show.
Music [F] plays, everyone's _ _ [Eb] _ dancing, _ _ _ [Fm] closer [Dm] _ _
and [F] closer.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
Making friends [F] _ and finding love.
But [Dm] _
now you're lost in the shadows, [F] searching for someone.
Searching free from New York City.
Where did all your yesterdays go?
_ [Eb] When you still believe that love could really _ [G] be just like a Broadway show.
[F] _ _ _ _