U2 - New York (Unofficial video) Chords

Tempo:
125.3 bpm
Chords used:

G

A

C

Am

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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U2 - New York (Unofficial video) chords
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[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] In what [G] your freedom looks [C] like
[G] Too many choices.
[A] In New [G] York I found a friend.
[Am] To drown out [G] the other voices.
[D] [A] Voices on a cell phone.
[G] Voices from home.
Voices of the hard sell.
Voices down a stairwell [A] in New York.
[G] Just got a place in [C] New York.
[G]
[D] [A] In [G] New York summers get hard.
[C] Well [G] into the hundreds.
[A] You can't [G] walk around the [A] block.
Without [G] a change of clothing.
[A] Hot as a hair dryer [G] in your face.
Hot [C] as a handbag [G] in a cannabis [D] New [A] York.
[G] I just got a place in New [Am] York.
[G]
New [A] York.
[Em] [G]
New [C] York.
[G]
[A] In [G] New York you can't [C] forget.
Forget [G] how to [A] sit still.
Tell [G] yourself you will stay in.
[C] But it's [G] down to [A] Alphaville.
[G]
[C] New York.
[G]
New [A] York.
New York.
[G]
[C] [G]
New [A] York.
New [G] York.
[Am] [G]
[A] New York.
[G]
[C] [G]
[D] The Irish [G] been coming here for years.
[A] [G] Feel like they own the [A] place.
They got the [G] airport, city hall, dance [C] hall, dance hall.
They [G] even got the police.
[D] [A] Irish, Italian, [G] Jews and Hispanics.
[C] They're just [Am] nuts.
[G] Political fanatics [A] in the still.
[G] How can we not like being [Am] you?
[G] That's where I lost [A] you.
New York.
[G]
New York.
New York.
[A] New York.
[G]
[Em] New York.
New [G] York.
[A] New York.
[G]
[A] New York.
[G]
[C] [G]
[D] [A]
[Am] [G]
[A] In [G] New York I lost it [Am] all.
To [G] you and your vices.
[A] Still [G] I'm staying on a figure [C] out [G] midlife crisis.
[A] I hit an [G] iceberg in my [C] life.
You know [G] I'm still [A] afloat.
You [G] lose your balance, lose your [C] wife.
In the [G] queue for the lifeboat.
[A] You gotta put the women [G] and children first.
[C] You've got an [G] unquenchable thirst for [C] New York.
[G]
New [A] York.
[G]
New [C] York.
[G]
New [A] York.
New [G] York.
[C] The stills of [G] the evening.
[A] The sun's at [G] its peak.
[Em] I [Am] heard your voice [G] whispering.
[Bm] [A] New York.
[G]
[C] New [G] York.
[A] [G]
New [C] York.
[G]
[A] [Bm] [G] New York.
[A]
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
Am
2311
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
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To learn U2 - New York chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, G, A and G. A good strategy is to initiate at 62 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 125 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: G Major.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ In what [G] your freedom looks [C] like
_ [G] Too many choices.
[A] _ _ In New [G] York I found a friend.
[Am] _ To drown out [G] the other voices.
[D] [A] Voices on a cell phone.
[G] Voices from home.
Voices of the hard sell.
Voices down a stairwell [A] in New York.
_ [G] Just got a place in [C] New York.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ In [G] New York summers get hard.
[C] _ _ Well [G] into the hundreds.
[A] _ _ You can't [G] walk around the [A] block.
_ Without [G] a change of clothing.
[A] Hot as a hair dryer [G] in your face.
Hot [C] as a handbag [G] in a cannabis [D] New [A] York.
_ [G] I just got a place in New [Am] York.
_ _ [G] _
New [A] York.
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _
New [C] York.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ In [G] New York you can't [C] forget.
_ _ Forget [G] how to [A] sit still.
_ Tell [G] yourself you will stay in.
[C] _ But it's [G] down to [A] Alphaville.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] New York.
_ _ [G] _ _
New [A] York.
New York.
[G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
New [A] York.
New [G] York. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] New York.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ The Irish [G] been coming here for years.
[A] _ _ [G] Feel like they own the [A] place.
They got the [G] airport, city hall, dance [C] hall, dance hall.
They [G] even got the police.
[D] [A] Irish, Italian, [G] Jews and Hispanics.
[C] They're just [Am] nuts.
[G] Political fanatics [A] in the still.
_ [G] How can we not like being [Am] you?
_ [G] That's where I lost [A] you.
New York.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
New York.
New York. _ _
[A] New York.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] New York.
New [G] York. _ _
[A] New York.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] New York.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ In [G] New York I lost it [Am] all.
To [G] you and your vices.
[A] _ Still [G] I'm staying on a figure [C] out _ [G] midlife crisis.
[A] _ I hit an [G] iceberg in my [C] life.
_ You know [G] I'm still [A] afloat.
You [G] lose your balance, lose your [C] wife.
In the [G] queue for the lifeboat.
[A] You gotta put the women [G] and children first.
[C] You've got an _ [G] unquenchable thirst for [C] New York.
_ _ [G] _ _
New [A] York.
_ _ [G] _ _
New [C] York.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
New [A] York.
New [G] York. _
[C] The _ stills of [G] the evening.
[A] The sun's at [G] its peak. _
[Em] I [Am] heard your voice [G] whispering.
[Bm] _ _ [A] New York.
[G] _ _ _
[C] New _ [G] York. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
New [C] _ _ York.
[G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] New York. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song was written by Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and David Howell Evans.

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