Chords for RYAN MCMULLAN // THE STREETS OF NEW YORK (Liam Reilly cover) // ROADIE TV

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_ _ _ See [F] he's all the world coming look at his list [G] as quiet as a mice all night
[F] Couldn't get that if I paid for it.
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I was 18 years [Dm] old
[C] When I went down [F] to Dublin
[C] with a fistful [Am] of money _ and a carload [G] of dreams
_ _ [C] Take your time said [Dm] my father
[C] Stop rushing _ [F] like hell [C] and remember
[Am] It's not [G] what it seems to [F] be _
[C] [Dm] For [C] _ [G] this fella said cut you for [F] the coat [Am] on your back
[Dm] _ [Am]
For the watch that you [G] got from your mother
_ So [C] take care [Dm] my young bucko [Cm] and mind yourself
[Am] _
Well, would you give this sweet note [Em] to my [F] brother?
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] [G] at the time uncle _ Benji
[Dm] He was a policeman in Brooklyn [Am] and [F] my father the youngest [Em] looked after [G] the _ farm _
_ _ _ _ [C] When a phone call from America _ said send the light over
And my old fella [Am] said sure it [G] wouldn't do [C] any harm
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] For I spent my life working [F] this dirty [C] old [Dm] grind
[Am] For a few pints of porter and [G] the smell of a pot _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Unsure maybe [Dm] there's something _ [C] you'll learn or [F] you'll see if you [C] can bring it back [Am] home
_ [G] Make it easy
_ [C]
So _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] I landed at Kennedy _ and a big yellow
[Am] _ Taxi carried [C] me in [Am] my bags through the streets
[G] And the rain
_ Well, my poor [C] heart [Dm] was thumping
[C] right with [F] excitement
[C] But I hardly [Am] even heard what [G] the driver was saying
_ [C] _ [Dm] [A] We pulled in [G] the shore
_ [C] Parkways to the flatlands of Brooklyn [Dm] [Am] to my uncle's apartment _ [G] on East _ _ 53rd _ _ _ _ _ [C] I
Was feeling so [Dm] happy
[C] I was humming [F] a song
[C] And I sang her [G] as free as [C] a bird
_ _ [G] Well the short in the story [C] when I find out that [Dm] day
[C] [Am] Was Benji got shot [G] down in an uptown foray _ _
Oh, _ _ [C] so I was [Dm] flying
_ [C] my way to New [F] York
_ [C] Poor Benji [Am] was lying [G] in a cold [C] city more _ _ _ _
[G] Like all of the old [C] fella and I [F] told [C] him the news [Am] I could tell he could hardly
[G] stand up in his _ shoes
_ _ _ And [C] he left [Dm] as he told [C] me go ahead with [F] the plan
[C] And you're not to [Am] forget
To [G] be a part
[F] So _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] went on to Nelly's beside [F] Fordham [Am] Road and I started to learn about _ living [G] alone
_ _ _ [C] But the heaviest [Dm]
thing
[C] That I carried that [F] year was [C] the bittersweet [Am] thoughts of [G] my hometown [F] Sophia _ [C] _ I
[G] Went home that December
[F] Cuz the old fella died
_ Had to borrow [A] some [C] money
off fell [G] on the side
_ _ When _ _ [C] all the [Dm] bright flowers _ [C] and
Brass couldn't hide the [G] perwisted face of [C] my [F] father _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] We sold up the old [F] barnyard for what [G] it was worth _
[Am] And into [A] my [Em] bag stuck [G] a handful of earth
And _ _ _ [C] I boarded a train
[Dm] _ [C]
And I caught me [F] a plane [Am] and I find myself back [G] in the US [F] again _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] It's been 22 _
The [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] kids know to use the [G] correct knife and fork _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] But I'll _ never
[Dm] forget [C] the green grass and [F] the rivers [Am] as I keep long
daughter on the [G] streets of New [F] York _ _ _ _ _ _
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