Chords for Genesis - Back In N.Y.C Live
Tempo:
130.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I see faces and traces of home back [D] in New York City
So
[C]
[G]
[D] you think I'm a tough kid
Just [G] like what you heard Uh huh
Well [D] I've had to see some action
And [C] it gets into [G] my [C] blood
[G] Uh huh
They [D] call me the trailblazer
The red electric blazer
[G] I'm a vision in a chain gang
You don't believe in pain
[D] Cause we're only as strong
Cause we're only as strong
As [G] the weakest [C] link
In the [G]
chain
Until [D]
I was just 17
I [C]
had to [G] get it out of me
If you know what I mean
What [Dm] I [E] mean
[D] [C] So [Db] [G] [D]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [D] [Dm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [A] [D]
you say I must be crazy
Cause [C] I don't care
[G]
Who I am
[D]
It's me that's getting out
[C]
[G] I'm not full of shit
Well [D]
after all
This [C] is your mess
I've stuck in
[G] I don't belong
It's [D] not taken
You should leave
You [C] can talk
With a nice voice
[G] Where it has been
Has [Dm] [E] been
[D] [G] You [Bbm] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A] [D]
[Am] [D]
said I had [Am] nothing to blame [D] but [E] me
Help [D] my heart [Am] You know
[E] [D] Time to shake
[A] Shave it [D] off Get [Em] [Dm] out
[Em] [F] No time [C] for romantic escape [G] No
[Dm] Let [C] me have some fun
Let [F] me [Em] have some fun No
[Dm] [Am]
No time for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me [F] have some fun [Dm] No
[Em] [Dm] No time [C] for romantic escape [F] [C] No
[Dm] No [C] time for romantic escape
[F] [A] No
No
I'll keep going
I'll keep going
[B] [A]
[B] I'll [A] keep going
[Dm] [Bb]
[D] You're sitting in your comfort
You don't believe I'm real
You [C] cannot buy protection
[G] From the way that I feel
[D] You're progressive hypocrite
Hand out their trash
It [C] was lying in the first place
[G] So I burned it to ash
[D] And I tasted
All the strongest meat
And laid them
Down on colored sheets
[C] Laid them [G] down
On colored sheets [D] Who Needs illusion And affection
When [C] you're out
Walking in the street
With [G] your main line Connection [Dm] Connection
[G] Time [Bbm]
[D] [Bm] [A] [D]
[Am]
[D] [Dm] [Am] to blame [D] but me
Help my heart
[Am] You know
[D] Time to shake
[Am] Shave it off [D] Get [Em] out
[Dm] No time [C] for romantic [Bb] escape No
Let [Am] me have some fun
[Dm] [Em] [F] No
No time [Am] for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me have some [Am] fun
[Dm]
[Em] [Dm] No time [Am] for romantic [Gm] escape [Dm] No
Let [C] me have some [Dm] fun No [Bb] [C] time
[D] [G]
[B]
So
[C]
[G]
[D] you think I'm a tough kid
Just [G] like what you heard Uh huh
Well [D] I've had to see some action
And [C] it gets into [G] my [C] blood
[G] Uh huh
They [D] call me the trailblazer
The red electric blazer
[G] I'm a vision in a chain gang
You don't believe in pain
[D] Cause we're only as strong
Cause we're only as strong
As [G] the weakest [C] link
In the [G]
chain
Until [D]
I was just 17
I [C]
had to [G] get it out of me
If you know what I mean
What [Dm] I [E] mean
[D] [C] So [Db] [G] [D]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [D] [Dm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [A] [D]
you say I must be crazy
Cause [C] I don't care
[G]
Who I am
[D]
It's me that's getting out
[C]
[G] I'm not full of shit
Well [D]
after all
This [C] is your mess
I've stuck in
[G] I don't belong
It's [D] not taken
You should leave
You [C] can talk
With a nice voice
[G] Where it has been
Has [Dm] [E] been
[D] [G] You [Bbm] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A] [D]
[Am] [D]
said I had [Am] nothing to blame [D] but [E] me
Help [D] my heart [Am] You know
[E] [D] Time to shake
[A] Shave it [D] off Get [Em] [Dm] out
[Em] [F] No time [C] for romantic escape [G] No
[Dm] Let [C] me have some fun
Let [F] me [Em] have some fun No
[Dm] [Am]
No time for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me [F] have some fun [Dm] No
[Em] [Dm] No time [C] for romantic escape [F] [C] No
[Dm] No [C] time for romantic escape
[F] [A] No
No
I'll keep going
I'll keep going
[B] [A]
[B] I'll [A] keep going
[Dm] [Bb]
[D] You're sitting in your comfort
You don't believe I'm real
You [C] cannot buy protection
[G] From the way that I feel
[D] You're progressive hypocrite
Hand out their trash
It [C] was lying in the first place
[G] So I burned it to ash
[D] And I tasted
All the strongest meat
And laid them
Down on colored sheets
[C] Laid them [G] down
On colored sheets [D] Who Needs illusion And affection
When [C] you're out
Walking in the street
With [G] your main line Connection [Dm] Connection
[G] Time [Bbm]
[D] [Bm] [A] [D]
[Am]
[D] [Dm] [Am] to blame [D] but me
Help my heart
[Am] You know
[D] Time to shake
[Am] Shave it off [D] Get [Em] out
[Dm] No time [C] for romantic [Bb] escape No
Let [Am] me have some fun
[Dm] [Em] [F] No
No time [Am] for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me have some [Am] fun
[Dm]
[Em] [Dm] No time [Am] for romantic [Gm] escape [Dm] No
Let [C] me have some [Dm] fun No [Bb] [C] time
[D] [G]
[B]
Key:
D
C
G
Dm
Am
D
C
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I see faces and traces of home back [D] in New York City
_ _ _ So _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] you think _ I'm a tough kid
_ _ Just _ _ _ _ _ [G] like what you heard _ _ _ Uh huh
_ _ _ Well [D] I've had to see some action _ _ _ _
_ And _ _ [C] it gets into [G] my _ [C] blood
_ [G] Uh huh
_ _ _ _ They [D] call me the _ _ trailblazer _
The red electric blazer
[G] I'm a vision in a chain gang
You don't believe in pain
[D] Cause we're only as strong
Cause we're only as strong
As [G] the weakest _ [C] link
_ In the [G]
chain
_ Until _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ I was just _ 17
_ I [C]
had to [G] get it out of me
If you know what I mean
What [Dm] I [E] mean
[D] _ [C] So [Db] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you say I must be crazy
_ _ Cause [C] I don't care
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Who I am
_ _ _ [D] _
It's me that's getting out _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I'm not full of shit
Well _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ after all
This [C] is your mess
I've stuck in
[G] I _ _ don't belong
It's [D] not taken
You _ _ _ _ _ _ should leave
You [C] can talk
With a nice voice
[G] Where it _ has been
Has [Dm] [E] been
_ [D] _ [G] You [Bbm] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
said I had [Am] nothing to blame [D] but [E] me
_ Help [D] my heart [Am] _ You know
[E] [D] Time to shake
[A] Shave it [D] off Get [Em] [Dm] out
_ [Em] [F] No time [C] for romantic escape [G] No
[Dm] Let [C] me have some fun
Let [F] me [Em] have some fun No
[Dm] _ [Am]
No time for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me [F] have some fun _ _ [Dm] No
[Em] [Dm] No time [C] for romantic escape [F] [C] No
[Dm] No [C] time for romantic escape
[F] _ _ [A] No
No
_ _ I'll keep going _ _ _ _ _
I'll keep going _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] I'll [A] keep going _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] You're sitting in your comfort
You don't believe I'm real
You [C] cannot buy protection
[G] From the way that I feel
_ [D] _ You're progressive hypocrite
_ Hand out their trash
It [C] was lying in the first place
[G] So I burned it to ash
[D] And I tasted
All the strongest meat
And laid them
Down on colored sheets
[C] _ _ Laid _ _ _ them [G] down
On _ colored sheets [D] Who _ Needs illusion And _ _ _ _ affection
When [C] you're out
Walking in the street
With [G] your main line _ _ Connection _ [Dm] _ _ Connection
[G] Time [Bbm] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ to blame [D] but me
_ Help my heart
[Am] You know
[D] Time to shake
[Am] Shave it off [D] Get [Em] out
[Dm] _ No time [C] for romantic [Bb] escape No
Let [Am] me have some fun
[Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] No
_ No time [Am] for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me have some [Am] fun
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [Em] [Dm] No time [Am] for romantic [Gm] escape [Dm] No
Let [C] me have some [Dm] fun No [Bb] [C] time
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I see faces and traces of home back [D] in New York City
_ _ _ So _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] you think _ I'm a tough kid
_ _ Just _ _ _ _ _ [G] like what you heard _ _ _ Uh huh
_ _ _ Well [D] I've had to see some action _ _ _ _
_ And _ _ [C] it gets into [G] my _ [C] blood
_ [G] Uh huh
_ _ _ _ They [D] call me the _ _ trailblazer _
The red electric blazer
[G] I'm a vision in a chain gang
You don't believe in pain
[D] Cause we're only as strong
Cause we're only as strong
As [G] the weakest _ [C] link
_ In the [G]
chain
_ Until _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ I was just _ 17
_ I [C]
had to [G] get it out of me
If you know what I mean
What [Dm] I [E] mean
[D] _ [C] So [Db] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you say I must be crazy
_ _ Cause [C] I don't care
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Who I am
_ _ _ [D] _
It's me that's getting out _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I'm not full of shit
Well _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ after all
This [C] is your mess
I've stuck in
[G] I _ _ don't belong
It's [D] not taken
You _ _ _ _ _ _ should leave
You [C] can talk
With a nice voice
[G] Where it _ has been
Has [Dm] [E] been
_ [D] _ [G] You [Bbm] _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
said I had [Am] nothing to blame [D] but [E] me
_ Help [D] my heart [Am] _ You know
[E] [D] Time to shake
[A] Shave it [D] off Get [Em] [Dm] out
_ [Em] [F] No time [C] for romantic escape [G] No
[Dm] Let [C] me have some fun
Let [F] me [Em] have some fun No
[Dm] _ [Am]
No time for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me [F] have some fun _ _ [Dm] No
[Em] [Dm] No time [C] for romantic escape [F] [C] No
[Dm] No [C] time for romantic escape
[F] _ _ [A] No
No
_ _ I'll keep going _ _ _ _ _
I'll keep going _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] I'll [A] keep going _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] You're sitting in your comfort
You don't believe I'm real
You [C] cannot buy protection
[G] From the way that I feel
_ [D] _ You're progressive hypocrite
_ Hand out their trash
It [C] was lying in the first place
[G] So I burned it to ash
[D] And I tasted
All the strongest meat
And laid them
Down on colored sheets
[C] _ _ Laid _ _ _ them [G] down
On _ colored sheets [D] Who _ Needs illusion And _ _ _ _ affection
When [C] you're out
Walking in the street
With [G] your main line _ _ Connection _ [Dm] _ _ Connection
[G] Time [Bbm] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ to blame [D] but me
_ Help my heart
[Am] You know
[D] Time to shake
[Am] Shave it off [D] Get [Em] out
[Dm] _ No time [C] for romantic [Bb] escape No
Let [Am] me have some fun
[Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] No
_ No time [Am] for romantic [F] escape No
Let [C] me have some [Am] fun
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [Em] [Dm] No time [Am] for romantic [Gm] escape [Dm] No
Let [C] me have some [Dm] fun No [Bb] [C] time
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _