Chords for Lou Reed - NYC Man

Tempo:
102.9 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

A

Am

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lou Reed - NYC Man chords
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[E] [Bm]
[E]
[A]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [B]
[E]
[Abm] [A]
[Am] [B]
[A]
[Am] [D]
[G]
[A] [Em] [D]
[G]
[D] [Em] [B]
[Abm] [B] you.
Lonely leads to trouble if you [Am] break my heart.
If you [B] accidentally [E] crush it on the
I'd to march.
I [G] prefer you were
[A] straightforward.
You don't gotta go through [Am] all of that.
I'm a New [Em] York [D] City man baby
say go and that is [G] that.
[D] New York [Em] [D]
City man say go and that [G] is that.
[Gbm] New York City [Em] [B] man
say go and that is that.
Oh Brutus made a pretty pretty speech
but Caesar was betrayed.
[A] Lady
Macbeth went [Am] crazy but Macbeth
then [B] displayed a billion
testimonies dead leave and Hamlet in a play.
[A] But I'm no leader with blinded [Am] eyes say go
and I am gone.
[E] The stars have
shut their eyes uptight.
The earth has changed its course.
[A] The kingdom sits on a black knight's [Am] back as he tries
to ride a white jeweled horse [E] while a [B] clock full of butterflies
on the [E] hour releases a thousand martyrs.
[A] You say leave and I'll be gone [Am] without
any remorse.
[A] No letters, faxes,
phones or tears.
[Am] There's a difference between bad and worse.
[D]
New York City man hey
[G] blink your eyes [Gbm] and I'm gone.
[Em] [D]
New York City man blink your eyes and
[G] I'll be [D] gone.
[Em] [E]
[A]
[B] [E]
[A]
[B] [E]
[Abm] [B]
[Em] [B] [E]
New York City man blink
your eyes and I'll [B] be gone.
[A] [B] [E] New York City
I love you.
Just blink
your eyes though and I'll be [A] gone
like a [E] little grain of sand.
[A]
[B] [Bm] [E]
[N]
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A
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Am
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D
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B
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
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_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] you.
Lonely leads to trouble if you [Am] break my heart.
If you [B] accidentally [E] crush it on the
I'd to march.
I [G] prefer you were
[A] straightforward.
You don't gotta go through [Am] all of that.
I'm a New [Em] York [D] City man baby
_ _ say go and that is [G] that.
[D] New York _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ City man say go and that [G] is that.
[Gbm] New York City [Em] _ _ _ [B] man
say go and that is that.
Oh Brutus made a pretty pretty speech
but Caesar was betrayed.
[A] Lady
Macbeth went [Am] crazy but Macbeth
then [B] displayed a billion
testimonies dead leave and Hamlet in a play.
[A] But I'm no leader with blinded [Am] eyes say go
and I am gone.
[E] The stars have
shut their eyes uptight.
The earth has changed its course.
[A] The kingdom sits on a black knight's [Am] back as he tries
to ride a white jeweled horse [E] while a [B] clock full of butterflies
on the [E] hour releases a thousand martyrs.
[A] You say leave and I'll be gone [Am] without
any remorse.
[A] No letters, faxes,
phones or tears.
[Am] There's a difference between bad and worse.
[D] _ _
_ _ New York City man hey
[G] blink your eyes [Gbm] and I'm gone.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ New York City man blink your eyes and
[G] I'll be [D] gone.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ New York City man blink
your eyes and I'll [B] be gone.
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ New York City
I love you.
_ Just blink
your eyes though and I'll be [A] gone
like _ a [E] little grain of sand. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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