The Apple Stretching Chords by Grace Jones

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_ [G] _ The sun comes waggering across the harbour _ [D] and kisses the lady waiting [G] in the narrows.
_ _ And she already plenty shaky stands there, _ [D] flush, _ [G] _ _ flushing the torch of liberty.
_ _ _ [D] Up town Luigi who don't speak English [G] so good, is having an accident,
_ stacking his dump truck into the [D] fence.
_ [G] _ The tin can goes [Gm] clattering down the lake.
_ _ He grabs [Dm] the bomb and [G] thinks it's thunder.
He pulls the noose over his head to [D] stop the rain. _
_ [A] _ _ No, it ain't judgment [D] day.
_ No, it ain't Armageddon.
_ [G] _ Just the apple stretching [C] and yawning.
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[C] Just the morning. _ _ _ _
[C] [G] New York [D] putting its feet on [G] the floor.
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_ Just _ the [Bm] apple stretching [C] and yawning.
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[C] Just the _ morning.
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New [G] _ York [D] putting its feet [G] on the _ [D] floor. _ _ _
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_ [G] _ Suburban refugees fleeing crack sizzlers.
The worm [D] ridden fruit trees stream out [G] Grand Central.
[D] _ Pleased to be breathing [G] bagels and pollution.
[D] _ _ Times [G] Square, new graffiti, old [D] revolutions.
_ [G] A _ [D] bag lady is cursing the waiter [G] for giving her a free [D] coffee.
Lucky he's a [G] Jesus, free [D] moonlighting. _ _ _
[G] At the acne discount [D] store over in Queens, _ [G] a burglar alarm starts [D] to scream.
A cop [G] whips out his gun, fires one, and yells, freeze!
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ No, it ain't World War IV.
_ [D] No, it ain't World War IV.
[G] _ _ Just the apple _ stretching [C] and yawning. _ _ _
Just the morning.
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[G] New York _ putting [D] its feet on the floor. _ _ _ _
_ _ Just the apple _ [C] stretching and yawning.
_ _ [G] _
[C] Just the morning. _ _ _
[G] New York putting its feet on the floor.
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_ [G] _ _ Nearby the Hudson, a hooker makes the U to help a blind man to his pew in the park.
_ _ Some long ago home training will guard the [D] memory.
Bag _
_ [G] _ ladies is [D] _ shaming the [G] persons.
_ _ [D] Heard a beaten tourist limp [G] homeward having bitten off more than they could chew.
_ Molding them old [D] faiths city blue. _
_ [G] Liberty hits [D] her pawns and grips.
_ [G] _ Another subway stops [A] rattling and [G] weepy cans _ clattering down the hill.
[A] _ _ _ No, it [C] ain't some kind [D] of ill wind.
_ No, it ain't the [C] world coming to an [G] end.
_ _ Just the apple _ [C] stretching and yawning. _ _ _ _
[G] Just the morning.
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_ [G] New York putting [D] its feet [G] on the floor. _ _ _ _
_ Just _ the apple _ [C] stretching and _ yawning.
_ _ [G] _
[C] Just the morning. _ _ _
[D] New [G] York putting its feet on the _ floor.
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Sunny New York.
_ _ [Dm] Sunny New [G] York. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ I thought that guy was just going to knock me over.
He flew by me so fast. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ I didn't see the city and I'm not a state. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a sign that you can be so paranoid, you know what I mean?
_ _ Next thing you know, a slasher over there.
Shit! _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I wonder if sometimes it's hot to just, if I yell, help.
Can anybody [Bb] hear me?
I don't [G] think so.
I just yell in this one little room for the whole weekend.
_ [D] _ _ Tie it up. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Does anybody work in this town?
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_ There's [G] so many people in the [D] street.
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It's crazy.
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_ [G] _ _ [D] I think I have to move to the West Village.
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_ I'm going to go to the West Village. _ _ _ _