Chords for John Pizzarelli - I Like Jersey Best

[Am] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _
[C#m] _ _ Traveling [F#] down the Turnpike, [B] heading [F#] for the show.
[B] A thought just [F#] then occurred to me [G#] I never [C#] thought before.
[F#] I've been a [A#] lot of places, [B] seen pictures [F#] of the rest,
But of all the places I can think of, [C#] I like [F#] Jersey [G#m] best.
[C#] _ _
[F#] Bedding halls and shopping [B] malls and good old [F#] Rutgers U.
[B] _ _ [F#] 47 shoe [G#] stores line Route [C#] 22.
[F#] The Meadowlands, the root beer [B] stands, Main Street, [F#] Hackensack.
[B] I may leave [F#] for a week or [G#] two, but [C#] I'm always [F#] coming back.
_ _ [B] The [F#] Pinelands and [C#] Vinelands, Seaside [F#] Heights, Margate.
[B] You can [F#] have Miami, I [G#] love the [C#] Garden State.
[F#] I've been a lot of [D#m] places, [B] seen pictures [F#] of the rest,
[Bm] But [B] of all the [F#] places I can think of, [C#] I like [F#] Jersey best.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D]
[G] We have horses, Princeton courses, [C] gas stations, [G] we have scores.
[C] Trenton, [G] Hopewell, Lake [A] Hopatcong, [Am] Mantelokan Shores.
[G] Some states have their rock stars, [C] but Springsteen [G] beats them all.
[C] And our beautiful [G] arena has [A] Brendan [D] Byrne carved [G] on the wall.
[Fm] _ [F#] [G] Lots of dineries or [C] refineries, our highways [G] make you cough.
[C] But Spring Lake [G] Heights and Belmar [A] are places [D] to get off.
[G] Drinking spots and used car [C] lots make the place [G] just grand.
[C] If you want to [G] pay a visit, [C#] Newark [D] Airport's [G] where you land.
_ [C] The Pinelands [G] and [D] Vinelands, Seaside [G] Heights, Margate.
[C] You can [G] have Miami, [A] I love the [D] Garden State.
[G] I've been a lot of places, [C] seen pictures [G] of the rest,
[C] But of all the [G] places I can [A] think of, [D] I like [G] Jersey best.
[Em] _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ Philly dogs like chili [C#] dogs, they eat in Cherry Hill.
In Woodbridge [G#] they make [F#m] Haagen [A#]-Dazs, I can't [D#] get my fill.
[G#] And Forkett River ain't Chowdhury [C#] nor is [G#] Lavalette.
[C#] There are no [G#] Jersey strangers, [D] just [D#] friends we [G#] haven't met.
[F#] _ [D#] _ [G#] The Jersey Nets went that-a [C#]-way, this scat-a-way no more.
Had [G#] another winning [D] season and next year [C#] they'll win more.
[G#] Our Giants could go [Bm] all the [C#] way, they could win just one.
But the parties [Fm] in the lots [A#] before the [D#] game are [G#] really fun.
_ [A#m] _
[C#] The [G#] Pinelands and [D#] Vinelands, Seaside [G#m] Heights, Margate.
[C#] You can have [G#] Miami, [A#] I love the [D#] Garden State.
[G#] I've been a lot of places, [C#] seen pictures of the [G#] rest,
[C#] But of all [Fm] the places I can [A#] think of, [A#m] I like [G#] Jersey best.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ Well, our famous Parkway is the [F#] dark way home [A] from Manisquan.
[D] You'd think for [A] all those quarters [D#] they'd turn the [A] road lights on.
And have no pity, Jersey [D] City once [A] again will shine.
[D] With Old Del [A] Cape, May [D#] Phillipsburg, I [A] like our state just fine.
[D] The [A] Pinelands and [E] Vinelands, Seaside [A] Heights, Margate.
[D] You can [A] have Miami, [B] I love the [E] Garden State.
[A] I've been a lot of places, [D] seen pictures [A] of the rest,
[D] But of all the [A] places I can [D#] think of, I [E] like _ Jersey [A] best.
[F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _ _