Chords for MELANIE New York '68

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Melanie emerged as a major [G] force on the music scene in [D] 1968 as a [G] singer, guitarist, composer.
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] She was a member of the band The Black Eyed [Em] Peas, a group of young people who were born
She was a member of the band The Black Eyed Peas, a group of young people [D] who were born
in the United States.
in the United States.
I never have to [F] be alone, _ [C] because _ there'll [E] always be someone [D] _ with the [F] same bottom on [D] as you
_ I never have to be alone, because there'll always be someone with the same bottom on as you
including [F] me in everything you [G] do
_ _ [C] _ Beautiful _ [Em] people, _ _ [D] _ you ride [F] the same subway [C] as I do
[E] Every morning, _ [D] _ _
that's gotta [F] tell you something
_ [D] We have [F] so much in [D] common, I go [F] the same [D] direction that you do
_ _ So [F] if you take care of [G] me, _ maybe [F] I'll take care of [G] you
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Beautiful [Em] people, _ _ _ [D] _ you look [F] like friends of mine
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It's [E] about time _ [D] _ that someone [F] said it here [D] and now
_ _ I make a [F] vow that sometime, [G] somehow, _ _ _ [E] _ I'll [A] have a deep thing in _ _ _
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[A] my soul
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Beautiful [Em] people, _ _ _ [D] you never have [F] to be alone, _ [C] because _ there'll [E] always be _ [D] someone with the [F] same bottom on [D] as you
_ _ _ including [F] me in everything you [G] do
_ He [F] may be standing right next to [G] you, he may be [F] a beautiful people too
[G] _ _ And [F] if you take care of me, [G] _ _ oh [F] maybe I'll take care of [G] you
Because all [F] the beautiful people [G] do
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_ _ [D#m] only _ _ daughter, [F#] I'm the one that [D#m] he grows his garden [G#] for
[F#] I'm beginning to see [D#m] him [G#] more [C#] and more, and I see [F#] my papa in the _ [C#] _ morning _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm God's favorite little girl, [F#] I'm his own [D#m] pride and joy in the whole [G#] big world
[F#] I'm his favorite _ song he [G#] likes to [C#] sing, and he [F#] sings it best in the [C#] _
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_ _ [F#] And you know [G#] I just [C#] can't _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ hide [G#] my feeling [F#] inside when the sun [D#m] hits my _ eyes in [G#] the _ _ _ _ morning
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_ _ When [F#] I go to bed [C#] at night, [F#] he gives me [D#m] a smile and turns out [G#] the lights
[F#] And he tells me a tale, _
_ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ and he'll kiss [F#] me hello in the [C#] _ morning
_ _ _ _ _ And _ _ [F#] you know _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _
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_ [D#] [G#] I feel [C#] inside when [F#] the sun hits [D#m] my eyes in the morning
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_ _ [F#] I'm God's only _
_ [C#] daughter, _ I'm the one [D#m] that he grows his garden [G#] for
I'm [F#] beginning to see him _
_ [C#] more and I see him best in the [A#] _ [C#] morning
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