Leaving New York Chords by R.E.M

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[Em] It's quiet now, [Eb] and what it brings [C] is _ everything.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
[Em] Comes calling back, [Eb] a brilliant night, [C] I'm still awake.
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[Em] I looked ahead, [Eb] I'm sure I saw you [C] there.
You _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] don't need me to [Eb] tell you now, [C] that nothing can [Gm] compare.
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[G] You might have laughed if I [D] told you, _ [C] you might have hidden your [Am] frown. _ _
[G] You might have succeeded in [D] changing me, [C] I might have been turned [Am] around. _ _
[G] It's easier to leave than to [D] be left behind. _
[C] Leaving was never my [Am] prowl, _ _
[G] leaving New York never [D] easy. _ _
[C] I saw the light fading [Am] out. _
[Em] Our life is sweet, [Eb] and what it brings, [C] I tried to take.
[Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ But loneliness, [Eb] it wears me out, [C] it lies in wait.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _
[Em] And on our loss, still in my [Eb] eyes, shadow of necklace across [G] your thigh.
I [C] might have lived my life in a dream, but I swear, [Bb] this is [Am] real.
[Em] The memory fuses and shatters like glass, [Eb] we carry our future, forget the past.
[C] But you, it's what [Gm] I feel.
[C] _ _
[G] You might have laughed if I [D] told you, _ [C] you might have hidden your [Am] frown. _ _
[G] You might have succeeded in [D] changing me, [C] I might have been turned [Am] around. _
[G] It's easier to leave than to [D] be left behind. _
[C] Leaving was never my [Am] prowl, _ [G] leaving New York never [D] easy. _ _
[C] I saw the light fading [Am] out. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Em] You find it in [Eb] your heart, it's pulling me [Em] apart.
Find it in [Gm] your heart, change.
[G] I've sold you, ever, [D] I love you…
I've sold [G] _
[C] you, ever, I love _ [Am] _ you…
I've [G] sold you, ever, I [D] love you…
I've sold _
[C] you, _ [Am] ever, I love you…
Ever, [G] _
you might have laughed and cried [D] so deep
Ever, [C] you might have hidden a [Am] crown
You [G]
might have succeeded in [D] changing _ me
[C] I might have been turned [Am] _ around
[G] It's easier to leave than to [D] be left behind
[C] Leaving was never my [Am] _ proudest [G] dream
Leaving New York never [D] easy, it's holding me
[C] I saw the light fading [Am] out
Leaving [G] New York never [D] easy, it's holding [C] me
I saw the light fading [Am] out
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Leaving New York never [D] easy, it's holding [C] me
I saw the light fading [Am] out _ _
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