New York City Blues Chords by Neil Sedaka

It's a life of beauty.
[Gb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ Life and death in an [Ab] alleyway
Just a [Bm] heartbeat away from [Gb] a man
_ _ Who's learned to turn [Ab] his head away
From [Bm] the pain that drains [Gb] the land
_ [E] _ Harlem's not [B] too far from here
[Bm] You can smell the garbage, [Gb] feel the _ [A] fear
I hear they're gonna [Gbm] build a skyscraper there
[Abm] As if [Db] we [Bbm] didn't need [Ebm] the [E] extra air
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] New York [Bbm] City blues
In order [Abm] to win
You [B] gotta _ lose
[Gb] _ Oh, before [Bbm] your time
The dirt and [Abm] the grime
Get into _ [Db] everything
And [Bbm] the [Db] papers love [Ebm] to say
It's [B] the [Abm] meanest town in the [E] USA
_ [Gb] But I think it's okay
It's the town I make my home _
_ _ _ _ On another side of [Ab] Park Avenue
_ _ [Bm] _ Respectable folks [Gb] don't know _ _ _
Hungry [Ab] eyes taking the view
[Bm] Of the world that lays them [Gb] low
_ [Ebm] [E] Too many years on a [B] welfare _ line
[Bm] The old song and [Gb] dance, time after [A] time
You can only [Gbm] get so pushed [D] around
[Abm] Until [Db] you wanna [Bbm] tear [Ebm] the [E] campaign down
Tear [Db] it _ down
[Gb] New York City [Bbm] blues
In order [B] to win
You gotta _ [Gb] lose
_ Oh, before your [Bbm] time
The dirt and the [B] grime
Get into [Db] everything
[Bbm] And the papers love to [Ebm] say
It's the [B] meanest town in the [E] USA
[Ab] But [Gb] I think it's okay
It's the town I make my home
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ New York City [Bbm] blues
In order [B] to win
You gotta _ [Gb] lose
_ Oh, before your [Bbm] time
The dirt and the [Abm] grime
Get into _ [Db] everything
And the papers [Bbm] love to [Ebm] say
[B] It's the meanest town [Ab] in the USA
[Gb] But I think it's okay
It's the town I make my home _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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