New York City Serenade

Intro: A F#m Bm7 A

  A     F#m               Bm7 
Billy, he's down by the railroad 
     Asus          A          F#m
track, sittin' low in the back 
                Bm7   Asus
seat of his Cadillac,
A         F#m          Bm7       
Diamond Jackie, she's so intact, 
Asus      A      F#m      Bm7  
as she falls so softly beneath 
     Asus
him,
          Bm7                      
Jackie's heels are stacked, Billy's
       F#m7
 got cleats on his boots,
                         Bm7       
Together they're gonna boogaloo 
                          F#m7
down Broadway and come back home 
with the loot,
       Bm7                         
It's midnight in Manhattan, this is
     D                          
 no time to get cute, it's a mad 
  Esus           E
dog's promenade,
         A  F#m Bm7          
So walk tall,     or better 
Asus              A F#m7 Bm7 Asus
don't walk at all.



     A     F#m                    
Fish lady, fish lady, fish lady 
  Bm                        D
she baits them tenement walls,
            A                      
She won't take cornerboys, ain't 
     F#m                Bm      D
got no money, and they're so easy,
             A                     
I said, "Hey baby won't you take my
       F#m                   Bm  D
 hand, walk me down Broadway,
      A                        
I'm a young man and I talk real 
       F#m                         
loud, yeah, baby walk real proud 
   Bm
for you.
D                          A     
So shake it away, so shake away 
your street life, shake away your 
F#m
city life,
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    Bm                    D       
And hook up to the train, hook up 
                    A       F#m   
to the night train, hook it up 
           Bm                 
hook up to the, hook up to the 
    D
train,



                     Bm            
But I know that she won't take the 
               F#m
train, no she won't take the train,
        Bm                         
No she won't take the train, no she
  F#m
 won't take the train
        Bm                         
No she won't take the train, no she
  F#m
 won't take the train
        Bm                         
No she won't take the train, no she
  F#m
 won't take the train
        D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna 
slow her down,
              Esus               
And when she turns this boy'll be 
  E
gone
     A     F#m                    
So long, sometimes you just gotta 
Bm7     Asus  A F#m Bm7 Asus
walk on.



     A                  F#m      
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man play 
Bm7              Asus
me your serenade
A           F#m                  
Any deeper blue and you're 
           Bm7    Asus
playin' in your grave
          Bm7                      
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on
      F#m7
 the blues boy,
          Bm7                      
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on
        F#m7
 the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy,
           Bm7              
Straight for the church note 
                             D
ringin', vibes man sting a trash can
         Esus           E
Listen to your junk man, listen to 
your junk man,

Listen to your junk man, listen to 
your junk man,
        A      F#m          Bm7  
He's singin' (singin'), He’s 
       Asus           A     F#m
singin' (singin'), He’s singin'
             Bm7                
All dressed up in satin, walkin' 
            Asus
down the alley.
       A       F#m      Bm7       
Asus .....repeat fo fade out
He’s singin', singin’, singin’, 
singin’,

Watch out for you junk man, watch 
out for your junk man,

Watch out for your junk man.




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D|--2---4---4---2----0---4---2----
A|--0---4---2---0--------2---2----
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E|0--| 
B|0--| 
G|1--| 
D|2--| 
A|2--| 
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