Chords for Esther Phillips - Native New Yorker

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_ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] I grew up [D] riding the subway, _ [Cm] running with people.
[Bb] _ I've been hauling down on Broadway.
I'm no tramp, but I [G] ain't no lady.
I'm [Cm] talking that street talk [Gm] with the heart and soul of New York [Dm] City.
To me, [G] _ [D] to me love [Cm] is just a passing word.
_ _ _ [Dm] It's a thought I had [Ab] in a [Abm] taxicab that [Gm] got left on the [Cm] curb.
_ _ [Eb] When you dropped me off on East and Third.
[Bb] That's alright _ [G] baby.
Well [Cm] I'm a native New Yorker.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Known the school by _ [G] now.
_ [Cm] I'm a native New Yorker.
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Music plays, [D] everyone's dancing.
[Cm] Closer and closer. _
[Bb] _ [Cm] Making friends and finding [Bb] love.
Now you're [G] lost in the shadows.
[Cm] Searching for someone. _
_ [Eb] [G] Set you free from New York [Dm] City. Whoa.
_ [F] _ _ Where did [Cm] all your yesterdays go?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] When you still believe [F] that love could really be [Cm] just like a Broadway show.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] You are the snow.
_ When did you [C] close?
[Dm] That's alright. _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Cm] I'm a native New [Gm] Yorker.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] Known the school by now.
[D] _ _ _ [Cm] I'm a native New Yorker.
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_ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] [Bb] Music plays, [G] everyone's dancing.
_ [Cm] Closer and closer. _
_ [Eb] Making friends and finding [Dm] love.
Now you're lost [G] in the shadows.
[Cm] Searching for someone.
_ Set you free from New York [Dm] City.
Whoa.
_ _ _ [D] Where [Gm] did all your _ yesterdays go?
[Cm] _ _ _ [Dm] When you still believe [Db] that love could really be just [Gm] like a Broadway show.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] You are the snow.
_ When did you [C] close?
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_ [G] _ That's alright.
[Cm] I'm a native New Yorker.
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] Known the school by now.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] I'm a native [Eb] New Yorker.
[Bb] _ _ [F] I'm in a [Bb] world here.
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[F] One [D] needs to be.
_ [Cm] Opened my door.
_ _ _ [F] I'm _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] a native New Yorker.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Yesterday. _
[Abm] Hey.
_ Ooh.
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_ New [F] York _ [Dm] City.
Oh.
_ [G] _ You know.
_ [Gm] I'm a [Bb] native [G] New Yorker.
[Dm] Ooh. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] Ooh.
Waiting [Am] New [D] Yorker.
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Waiting [Bb] New Yorker.
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