Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me (Chris Cunningham Visual Remix)
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Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me.
Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me.
[Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee.
Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all that it's cracked up to [Db] be.
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Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me.
Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me.
[Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee.
Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all that it's cracked up to [Db] be.
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_ _ Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me. _ _ _
_ _ Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
_ Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all _ that it's cracked up to [Db] be. _ _
_ _ [F] Bad city [G] living ain't all that it's cracked up to be. _ _
_ Yeah, it seems [Gm] I need to go home and slow [G] down in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ Yes, I lay [A] down, I lay down, I stopped and tried to take it all [Eb] in. _ _ _
_ [Ab] Just lay down, lay down, [G] I tried [Ab] to take it all in. _ _ _
_ Yeah, they got 80 million people and I didn't have a single [Eb] friend.
_ [Ab] Don't _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ you know _ New York was killing me? _ _ _
_ Yeah, I was standing there and dying and New York was killing [Db] me. _ _
_ Seems [Gm] I need to start over and [G] go back home to Jackson, Tennessee.
_ Mercy, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
_ Yeah, it gets a [G] lot of mercy, _ _ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
Tell them [G] to bury my _ woman in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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[A] Yeah, I need to [N] be back home.
Need to be back _ _ _ _ _ home.
[Ebm] Yeah, _ born in Chicago [A] but [Ab] I'm from Tennessee.
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Yeah, I was born in Chicago but I'm _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gbm] _
down [Eb] near the G [G].M. and Oregon. _
_ Jackson, [Gm] Tennessee. _ _ _
[A] They make me seem like some [G] kind of bumpkin or something but I love Tennessee.
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Feel [A] like I need to go [C] [G] home, go home.
Jackson, Tennessee.
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I don't make it, [A] tell them to [G] bury my body. _
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_ _ Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me. _ _ _
_ _ Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
_ Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all _ that it's cracked up to [Db] be. _ _
_ _ [F] Bad city [G] living ain't all that it's cracked up to be. _ _
_ Yeah, it seems [Gm] I need to go home and slow [G] down in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ Yes, I lay [A] down, I lay down, I stopped and tried to take it all [Eb] in. _ _ _
_ [Ab] Just lay down, lay down, [G] I tried [Ab] to take it all in. _ _ _
_ Yeah, they got 80 million people and I didn't have a single [Eb] friend.
_ [Ab] Don't _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ you know _ New York was killing me? _ _ _
_ Yeah, I was standing there and dying and New York was killing [Db] me. _ _
_ Seems [Gm] I need to start over and [G] go back home to Jackson, Tennessee.
_ Mercy, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
_ Yeah, it gets a [G] lot of mercy, _ _ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
Tell them [G] to bury my _ woman in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Mercy, _ _ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
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[A] Yeah, I need to [N] be back home.
Need to be back _ _ _ _ _ home.
[Ebm] Yeah, _ born in Chicago [A] but [Ab] I'm from Tennessee.
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Yeah, I was born in Chicago but I'm _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gbm] _
down [Eb] near the G [G].M. and Oregon. _
_ Jackson, [Gm] Tennessee. _ _ _
[A] They make me seem like some [G] kind of bumpkin or something but I love Tennessee.
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Feel [A] like I need to go [C] [G] home, go home.
Jackson, Tennessee.
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I don't make it, [A] tell them to [G] bury my body. _
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