Gil Scott Heron - New York Is Killing Me Chords

Tempo:
102.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Bb

Cm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gil Scott Heron - New York Is Killing Me chords
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Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, the doctors don't know that New York was killing me.
A bunch of doctors come around, they don't know that New York is killing me.
Yeah, well I need to go home and take it slow down in Jackson, Tennessee.
Let me [G] tell you, city living ain't [Gm] all, it's just packed up to be.
[F] Yeah, [G] city living [C] ain't all, [G] [Cm] it's just [Gm] packed up to be.
Yeah, [C] I need to go home and [G] slow down in Jackson, [F] Tennessee.
[B] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [G]
Yes,
[A] [G]
[N]
I [G] lay down, I lay down, I tried to take it all in.
[Cm] [G] Yeah, I [D] lay [G] down, [Bb] lay down, [G] I tried to take it all in.
Yeah, they [Bb] got a 8th and a [D] major key, but I didn't have a [G] single fear.
[Bb] [G] Don't you know, don't you know, [Cm] New York was killing [Gm] me?
[Bm] [D] [G] Yeah, I was standing [C] there and dying, [G] and New York was killing me.
[Bb] Seems like I [C] need to start over and go [B] back [D] home in Jackson, [Eb] Tennessee.
[A] [G]
Lord have mercy, mercy [Db] on me.
[Cm] Yeah, [G] Lord have mercy, have [Db] mercy on me.
I'm turning [G] to bury my body back home in Jackson, [Db] Tennessee.
Yeah, [G] Lord have mercy, have mercy [Db] on me.
[G]
[Bb] [A]
[G]
[Bb] [A] Yeah, I [N] need to be back home, need to be back home, need to be back home, need to be back home.
Yeah, born in Chicago, but I go home to Tennessee.
Yeah, born in Chicago, but I go home
[G] to [C] Tennessee.
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
[Cm] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
A
1231
G
2131
C
3211
Bb
12341111
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To learn Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - C, G, C, Bb, D, G, Bb and G. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 51 BPM before aiming for the song's 103 BPM. With G Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ Okay.
Okay. _ _ _
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Yeah, the doctors don't know that New York was killing me.
_ _ _ _ A bunch of doctors come around, they don't know that New York is killing me.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, well I need to go home and take it slow down in Jackson, Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ Let me [G] tell you, city living ain't [Gm] all, _ _ it's just packed up to be.
_ _ _ _ [F] Yeah, [G] city living [C] ain't all, [G] _ [Cm] it's just [Gm] packed up to be.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [C] I need to go home and [G] slow down in Jackson, [F] Tennessee.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Yes, _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] lay down, I lay down, I tried to take it all in.
_ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ Yeah, I [D] lay [G] down, [Bb] lay down, [G] I tried to take it all in.
_ _ _ Yeah, they [Bb] got a 8th and a [D] major key, but I didn't have a [G] single fear.
_ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ Don't you know, don't you know, [Cm] _ New York was killing [Gm] me?
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] [G] Yeah, I was standing [C] there and dying, _ [G] and New York was killing me.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Seems like I [C] need to start over and go [B] back [D] home in Jackson, [Eb] Tennessee.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Lord have mercy, _ _ mercy [Db] on me.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] Yeah, [G] Lord have mercy, _ have [Db] mercy on me.
_ _ _ _ I'm turning [G] to bury my body back home in Jackson, [Db] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [G] Lord have mercy, _ have mercy [Db] on me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] Yeah, I [N] need to be back home, need to be back home, need to be back home, need to be back home.
Yeah, born in Chicago, but I go home to Tennessee.
_ _ _ Yeah, _ _ born in Chicago, but I _ go home _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ to [C] Tennessee.
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