Chords for Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind (from Old Grey Whistle Test)

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ We've got to create a little atmosphere for the next [Dm] songs.
_ Make it like a sleazy jazz club.
_ It's kind of a low budget thing, we don't have smoke machines and everything.
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We brought along a little [G] one.
_ _ _ Gives the place a little sleaze to it.
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_ _ _ _ Some [A] _ [Am] _ .
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] folks like to get away, _ [Am] take [Fm] a holiday [Gm] from the [C] neighborhood.
[F] Have _ _ [A] a flight to Miami [Dm] Beach or to Hollywood.
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For _ [C] me [G] I'm taking [C] a Greyhound [Gm] _ [C] on the Hudson [Am] River Line.
_ [F] _ _ _ I'm in a New York [Ab] state of [Am] mind.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ .
[Dm] I've _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] seen all the movie stars [C] in their [F] fancy [Bb] cars and their [C] limousines.
[F] _ A [A] bit high in the _ race [F] under the _ evergreens.
[Bb] But _ _ [C] I [G] know what [Am] I'm needing.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [C] Don't want to waste more [D] time.
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I'm in a New York [C] state of [Am] mind.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ .
_ [D] It wasn't so [G] easy living day by [D] day.
_ _ _ [Gm] Out of touch _ _ _ [Fm] [F] with the rhythm of blues.
_ [C] Wait a minute here.
_ [D] _ _ .
[E] Now I need me just a [A] little, little give and take.
_ _ [Am] New York Times [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Daily [D] _ _ _ News.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ It all comes [Em] down to reality.
_ [Am] That's fine with [C] me [G] cause I [Am] have let it slide.
[F] _ _ .
Don't [A] care if it's Chinatown _ [Dm] _ _ .
Riverside.
[Bb] _ I know I [C] _ _ [G].
don't [Am] have any reasons.
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Em] I left them [D] all behind.
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I'm just in [A] a New York state [Am] of mind.
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[G] It _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ .
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C] all _ _ .
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comes down to reality.
_ [Am] That's fine with me cause [Gm] I have let [C] it slide.
[F] _ _ .
[A] Don't care if it's _ [Dm] Chinatown or [Bb] Riverside.
I _ [C] don't [G] have any [Am] reasons.
[C] _ _ [F] I [Em] left them [D] all behind.
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I'm in a New York [Ab] state of [Am] mind.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Bm] I'm [Am] taking a break.
[Gm] _ [F] I'm taking a break.
On the [Em] Hudson [D] River line.
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Cause I'm [Eb] here.
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[F] _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ .
[Eb] I'm in a New York.
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_ I'm in a _ _ _ New _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ [Am] _ _ York state [Bb] _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] of mind.
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