Chords for SGI-New York - "Josho State of Mind" (Empire State of Mind remix)
Tempo:
86.85 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
C#
A#m
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [F#]
Ha ha, what's up, Sensei?
It's the youth of America.
You ain't got to worry about [B] nothing.
We got you.
Ha ha, check it out.
Uh, uh.
Welcome [F#] back to New York, 14 years.
Since 9-6 last time you was here.
Been [B] a lot of changes, been a couple tears.
But look [F#] at all the Brody Sotfas that appeared.
Representing New York, yeah, we on the first coin.
If we ain't first, then we gotta work more.
This is who we work for, Harlem Bronx, [B] Queens, Staten,
Manhattan, Brooklyn.
We the Kings, [F#] Long Island, all the way to Puerto Rico.
This [A#m] is his story written by the people.
This [B] is for my homies.
This is for my divas.
Biafra and Soca Group, Gagica, the Green Church.
Some [F#] of us are artists.
Some of us are teachers.
Some of us in college.
Some of us are dreamers.
Some [A#] of us are starving, struggling to eat well.
Some of us are balling, but everybody seeks you.
[B] In New York, I stand with [F#] our names up.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
I [F#] remember back when, back when I proceeded.
If you're like me, think your family believed it.
[D#m] Now it's like I'm [F#] breathing.
Every day I need it.
I'm going to the center.
Everybody cheesing.
It feels so [A#m] good.
Understand the reason.
It all makes sense.
Buddhism is reason.
It's [B] so intense.
Battling the demons, but Sensei said,
never be defeated, [F#] never be [A#m] defeated, never be defeated.
We [F#] will never follow.
We will be the leaders.
[B] This is not tomorrow.
This is not the weekend.
This is for today.
The city never sleeps, just [F#] like Sensei.
There is no retreating, not from the [A#m] darkness, not from need.
And [A#] this is not a promise.
It's better than that.
2010 Sensei, we welcome you back to [B] New York.
Rolling side by side with [F#] our mentor.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
It's [F#] a brand new day.
No more priests, no NSA, no she-why-she's, no [C#] GM doves.
No, it's just me, that YMD, New American dream.
[F#] Not Jay-Z, just BSD, in blue and green, behind the scenes.
[B] Until today, in NYC, they know Sensei like Alicia Keys.
[F#] Center of [A#m] the world and the star of world [F#] peace.
Got every single creed walking up and down the streets.
[B] Understand the mission, yo, we gotta take the lead.
Cause when we do it here, they will follow overseas.
I [F#] can see it so clear.
2023, we are three mil strong, rubbing two zoot beads in [A#] the USA.
Brown, white, yellow, and black.
2010 Sensei, welcome [B] back to New York.
Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
[C#] There's nothing we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about [F#] to make this place brand new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave [B] it to New York, New [F#] York, New York.
[B]
Our zone, heart, and soul of the big city.
Our dream shining bright, [C#] pundits is the key.
All the people of the world [D#m] living right here.
Ceremony in the air, [A#] let me hear you say it.
[B] New York.
Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
There's nothing we [C#] can't do.
Get [B] ready for New York.
We're about to make [C#] this place brand [F#] new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave it to [B] New York, New York, New York.
[F#] [N]
Ha ha, what's up, Sensei?
It's the youth of America.
You ain't got to worry about [B] nothing.
We got you.
Ha ha, check it out.
Uh, uh.
Welcome [F#] back to New York, 14 years.
Since 9-6 last time you was here.
Been [B] a lot of changes, been a couple tears.
But look [F#] at all the Brody Sotfas that appeared.
Representing New York, yeah, we on the first coin.
If we ain't first, then we gotta work more.
This is who we work for, Harlem Bronx, [B] Queens, Staten,
Manhattan, Brooklyn.
We the Kings, [F#] Long Island, all the way to Puerto Rico.
This [A#m] is his story written by the people.
This [B] is for my homies.
This is for my divas.
Biafra and Soca Group, Gagica, the Green Church.
Some [F#] of us are artists.
Some of us are teachers.
Some of us in college.
Some of us are dreamers.
Some [A#] of us are starving, struggling to eat well.
Some of us are balling, but everybody seeks you.
[B] In New York, I stand with [F#] our names up.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
I [F#] remember back when, back when I proceeded.
If you're like me, think your family believed it.
[D#m] Now it's like I'm [F#] breathing.
Every day I need it.
I'm going to the center.
Everybody cheesing.
It feels so [A#m] good.
Understand the reason.
It all makes sense.
Buddhism is reason.
It's [B] so intense.
Battling the demons, but Sensei said,
never be defeated, [F#] never be [A#m] defeated, never be defeated.
We [F#] will never follow.
We will be the leaders.
[B] This is not tomorrow.
This is not the weekend.
This is for today.
The city never sleeps, just [F#] like Sensei.
There is no retreating, not from the [A#m] darkness, not from need.
And [A#] this is not a promise.
It's better than that.
2010 Sensei, we welcome you back to [B] New York.
Rolling side by side with [F#] our mentor.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
It's [F#] a brand new day.
No more priests, no NSA, no she-why-she's, no [C#] GM doves.
No, it's just me, that YMD, New American dream.
[F#] Not Jay-Z, just BSD, in blue and green, behind the scenes.
[B] Until today, in NYC, they know Sensei like Alicia Keys.
[F#] Center of [A#m] the world and the star of world [F#] peace.
Got every single creed walking up and down the streets.
[B] Understand the mission, yo, we gotta take the lead.
Cause when we do it here, they will follow overseas.
I [F#] can see it so clear.
2023, we are three mil strong, rubbing two zoot beads in [A#] the USA.
Brown, white, yellow, and black.
2010 Sensei, welcome [B] back to New York.
Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
[C#] There's nothing we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
We're about [F#] to make this place brand new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave [B] it to New York, New [F#] York, New York.
[B]
Our zone, heart, and soul of the big city.
Our dream shining bright, [C#] pundits is the key.
All the people of the world [D#m] living right here.
Ceremony in the air, [A#] let me hear you say it.
[B] New York.
Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
There's nothing we [C#] can't do.
Get [B] ready for New York.
We're about to make [C#] this place brand [F#] new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave it to [B] New York, New York, New York.
[F#] [N]
Key:
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A#m
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Ha ha, what's up, Sensei? _ _ _ _
It's the youth of America.
_ You ain't got to worry about [B] nothing.
We got you.
Ha ha, check it out.
Uh, uh.
Welcome [F#] back to New York, 14 years.
Since 9-6 last time you was here.
Been [B] a lot of changes, been a couple tears.
But look [F#] at all the Brody Sotfas that appeared.
Representing New York, yeah, we on the first coin.
If we ain't first, then we gotta work more.
This is who we work for, Harlem Bronx, [B] Queens, Staten,
Manhattan, Brooklyn.
We the Kings, [F#] Long Island, all the way to Puerto Rico.
This [A#m] is his story written by the people.
This [B] is for my homies.
This is for my divas.
Biafra and Soca Group, Gagica, the Green Church.
Some [F#] of us are artists.
Some of us are teachers.
Some of us in college.
Some of us are dreamers.
Some [A#] of us are starving, struggling to eat well.
Some of us are balling, but everybody seeks you.
[B] In New York, _ _ _ I stand with [F#] our names up.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ _ We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
I [F#] remember back when, back when I proceeded.
If you're like me, think your family believed it.
[D#m] Now it's like I'm [F#] breathing.
Every day I need it.
I'm going to the center.
Everybody cheesing.
It feels so [A#m] good.
Understand the reason.
It all makes sense.
Buddhism is reason.
It's [B] so intense.
Battling the demons, but Sensei said,
never be defeated, [F#] never be [A#m] defeated, never be defeated.
We [F#] will never follow.
We will be the leaders.
[B] This is not tomorrow.
This is not the weekend.
This is for today.
The city never sleeps, just [F#] like Sensei.
There is no retreating, not from the [A#m] darkness, not from need.
And [A#] this is not a promise.
It's better than that.
2010 Sensei, we welcome you back to [B] New York.
_ Rolling side by side with [F#] our mentor.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
It's [F#] a brand new day.
No more priests, no NSA, no she-why-she's, no [C#] GM doves.
No, it's just me, that YMD, New American dream.
[F#] Not Jay-Z, just BSD, in blue and green, behind the scenes.
[B] Until today, in NYC, they know Sensei like Alicia Keys.
[F#] Center of [A#m] the world and the star of world [F#] peace.
Got every single creed walking up and down the streets.
[B] Understand the mission, yo, we gotta take the lead.
Cause when we do it here, they will follow overseas.
I [F#] can see it so clear.
2023, we are three mil strong, rubbing two zoot beads in [A#] the USA.
Brown, white, yellow, and black.
2010 Sensei, welcome [B] back to New York.
_ Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
[C#] There's nothing we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ _ We're about [F#] to make this place brand new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave [B] it to New York, New [F#] York, New York.
[B] _
Our zone, heart, and soul of the big city.
Our dream shining bright, [C#] pundits is the key.
All the people of the world [D#m] living right here.
Ceremony in the air, [A#] let me hear you say it.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] New York.
_ _ Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
There's nothing we [C#] can't do.
Get [B] ready for New York.
_ _ We're about to make [C#] this place brand [F#] new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave it to [B] New York, New York, New York.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#]
Ha ha, what's up, Sensei? _ _ _ _
It's the youth of America.
_ You ain't got to worry about [B] nothing.
We got you.
Ha ha, check it out.
Uh, uh.
Welcome [F#] back to New York, 14 years.
Since 9-6 last time you was here.
Been [B] a lot of changes, been a couple tears.
But look [F#] at all the Brody Sotfas that appeared.
Representing New York, yeah, we on the first coin.
If we ain't first, then we gotta work more.
This is who we work for, Harlem Bronx, [B] Queens, Staten,
Manhattan, Brooklyn.
We the Kings, [F#] Long Island, all the way to Puerto Rico.
This [A#m] is his story written by the people.
This [B] is for my homies.
This is for my divas.
Biafra and Soca Group, Gagica, the Green Church.
Some [F#] of us are artists.
Some of us are teachers.
Some of us in college.
Some of us are dreamers.
Some [A#] of us are starving, struggling to eat well.
Some of us are balling, but everybody seeks you.
[B] In New York, _ _ _ I stand with [F#] our names up.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ _ We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
I [F#] remember back when, back when I proceeded.
If you're like me, think your family believed it.
[D#m] Now it's like I'm [F#] breathing.
Every day I need it.
I'm going to the center.
Everybody cheesing.
It feels so [A#m] good.
Understand the reason.
It all makes sense.
Buddhism is reason.
It's [B] so intense.
Battling the demons, but Sensei said,
never be defeated, [F#] never be [A#m] defeated, never be defeated.
We [F#] will never follow.
We will be the leaders.
[B] This is not tomorrow.
This is not the weekend.
This is for today.
The city never sleeps, just [F#] like Sensei.
There is no retreating, not from the [A#m] darkness, not from need.
And [A#] this is not a promise.
It's better than that.
2010 Sensei, we welcome you back to [B] New York.
_ Rolling side by side with [F#] our mentor.
There's nothing [C#] we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ We're about to make this [F#] place brand new.
Sensei, [C#] we got you.
Just leave it [B] to New York, New York, New York.
It's [F#] a brand new day.
No more priests, no NSA, no she-why-she's, no [C#] GM doves.
No, it's just me, that YMD, New American dream.
[F#] Not Jay-Z, just BSD, in blue and green, behind the scenes.
[B] Until today, in NYC, they know Sensei like Alicia Keys.
[F#] Center of [A#m] the world and the star of world [F#] peace.
Got every single creed walking up and down the streets.
[B] Understand the mission, yo, we gotta take the lead.
Cause when we do it here, they will follow overseas.
I [F#] can see it so clear.
2023, we are three mil strong, rubbing two zoot beads in [A#] the USA.
Brown, white, yellow, and black.
2010 Sensei, welcome [B] back to New York.
_ Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
[C#] There's nothing we can't do.
Get ready [B] for New York.
_ _ We're about [F#] to make this place brand new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave [B] it to New York, New [F#] York, New York.
[B] _
Our zone, heart, and soul of the big city.
Our dream shining bright, [C#] pundits is the key.
All the people of the world [D#m] living right here.
Ceremony in the air, [A#] let me hear you say it.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] New York.
_ _ Rolling side by side [F#] with our mentor.
There's nothing we [C#] can't do.
Get [B] ready for New York.
_ _ We're about to make [C#] this place brand [F#] new.
Sensei, we [C#] got you.
Just leave it to [B] New York, New York, New York.
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