Chords for I Like Jersey Best (The Long Version)

_ _ Watch the reruns on the left.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ She's stuck. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Two shots. _
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_ _ _ _ _ 15. _
_ _ Come up here.
Replace. _
So _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ here it is.
This one is for Mom.
Mom likes you best.
Here we go.
[N] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _
I'll look down the driveway, [D] and thank you for [Gb] the show.
_ [B] A thought [C] just [Db] ran through [Eb] me [Ab] I never thought [Db]
[F] before.
_ [Gb] Been a [Bm] lot of places, [Gb] _
[Abm] seen [D] from years of [Gb] the rust.
[B] But of all [C] the [Dbm] places I [Eb] have been, [Ab] I [Db] like [Gb] Jersey [Bm] best.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gb] Pickle halls, [E] shopping malls, good old [Dbm] Rutgers View.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
[Bbm] 47 shoe [Eb] [Ab] stores, line room [Db] 22.
_ _ [Gb] The metal [E] lands, the root beer stands, Main [D] Street, _ [Gb] Hackensack.
_ [Bm]
I may [C] leave for [Db] a [Eb] week or two, [Ab] but I'm [F]
always [Gb] coming back.
_ [Db] [Gb] The _ [B] _
_ [Ab] islands and [Gb] the vineyards, [Eb] _ [F] _
[Db] Seaside, Lake [Gb] Tillerton.
_ [B] You [Cm] can have [Gb] Miami, [Eb] I [Ab] love the [Db] garden state.
_ _ Been a lot [Dbm] of places, [B] seen from [D] years [Gb] of the rust. _
[B] But of [F] all the [Dbm] places I [Eb] have been, [Ab] I [Db] like [Gb] Jersey best. _ _ _ _
[G] Here's the Paul Simon version. _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Whoa!
[G] We have horses, Prince Edward horses, rock castles, huge beach stores.
At Trident Hill, 12, [E] Lake Hopatcong, [A] _ mantelpoke [Am] and shores.
_ [G] Some states have their rock stars, [C] but Springsteen beats [G] them [F] all.
_ _ _ [C] I'm new. _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] And they're beautiful.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] Brendon Burdgard [G] on [F] the wall.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Oh, the Pine [G] Lands, here's the way.
_ _ [D] _
Seaside [G] high is the way.
Oh, [C] you, _ hey, [G] oh, I.
[Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] I, _ _ _ _ _ _ oh you, [C] seen you.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
But [C] of all the [G] places, _ I can't think [A] of, I like [Am] Jersey [G] best.
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ It's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ another New Jersey _ sunrise.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
She knows like she's always [Db] been, we did too.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ We're just [Ab] in a common place.
[Bbm] I can't get [Eb] back [Ab] to you.
_ _ _ Forky River, Errington, Liver, [Db] _ Dolores, [Ab] Lila, Lep.
[Dbm] _ _ _ _
There are no [Ab] Jersey strangers, [A] [Bbm] just [Eb] friends we [Ab] have. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _
_ It's a promise.
[Ebm] _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
It's a little Jersey now, but [D] it's not [Bb] enough.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's a [Ab] little Jersey now, but not a day [Db] to be scat away.
No [E] more.
_ _ [Db] _
The _ [Ab] _ _ sea is a [Bb] very nice, beautiful [Eb] place. _ _
[Ab] _ Our giants go on the [Db] _ orgy, here in [Ab] _
Jelousa.
_ [Db] _ _ _ Party's [Ab] at the, _ [E] oh, I [Bb] would pick any [G] time of day.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ Battle [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] of [Gb] Peru.
[Bbm] _ You _ [Fm] can't [F] have _ _ [D] _
any.
[G] Early holiday. _ _
[Fm] This _ _ _ [Gb] place is Battle [Ab] of Peru.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Cheers. _ _
_ Battle [F] of Peru.
_ _ [Fm] Early holiday.
[F] _ [D] Battle of Peru.
_ [Bbm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Before _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ we _ _
_ [D] _ _ do the Lou Reed [A] version, _ we've got a couple other versions.
You want to hear [D] them?
Oh, thank God.
[Ab] Here's the [D] James Taylor version.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] In my mind [G] I'm [D] going to [Em] New Jersey. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] This is the Harry Chapin [C] version.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
It [D] was raining _ [C] hard in [D] my [G] walk.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ Everybody [G] in the room loves New Jersey.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the pine lands. _
_ It was [Cm] fine lands.
That's [Gm] heaven's face.
_ [C] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ Jelousa.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ I _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ hate the weather [A] lately.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm traveling down the turnpike.
_ Headed for the shore. _
I've just met a new girl.
I've never been [Bm] there.
Not before.
_ [A] _ _ Been a lot of places.
_ _ _ Seen pictures of [E] the rest.
_ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ but [B] of all the places I can [A] think of, I like [E] Jersey. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Halfway _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] done. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Oh, _ don't confuse the [D] Lou Reed with the Lou Rawls. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gbm] Another state like mine. _ _ _
A state that cares for you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
You [G] get to live this new Jersey. _
_ _ Miss, _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Mrs.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ Jones.
_ [A] Mrs.
Jones, Mrs.
Jones, [D]
Mrs.
_ Jones.
_ _ [Em] We've had [Gbm] a big _ _ house. _
It [G] fell on.
It fell on. _ _
[Ab] _ [A] _ It _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ fell _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] on.
_ _ So what [A] we would do is we'd do the Lou Reed version.
[D] _ _ _
And then in the [A] open days, [N] we'd do the Lou Reed version.