G     A       D
Hmmm mmmm mmmmm  mmmm

[Verse]
     D                 G               D
The snow got much too deep for me in Denver
     G                 A            D
The rain fell way too hard out in L.A.
   G                    A                D
I couldn't stand the sandstorms in West Texas
       G                               A7
That's all it took for me to be on my way

       D                         G                D
Then a friend told me about the peaches down in Georgia
            G                        A                     D
He said the weather's fine, boy the livin' sure fits your style
             G                A               D
Well that's why I'm on this work gang in the hot sun
         G                    A7                   D
With a redneck judge gettin' ready for an unfair trial


[Chorus]
               G          A                D
But there's a lady on my mind in New York City
G                 A                D
All along she's burned a torch for me
G                    A                D
She stands proud and tall in New York Harbor
       G                  A              D
And in time I know she'll see that I go free


     G    A   D
Hmmm mmm mmm mmmm


(key change to E)
[Verse]
    E                       A                 E
The man told me I'd better change my way of livin'
            A                 B                     E
He said now we got laws just made for the likes of you
     A                 B                  E
We ain't got time for your kind here in this town
         A                                   B7
He just wouldn't believe I was only passin' thru

     E                      A                        E
Now let me be the first to say there's gotta be some changes
       A                    B                  E
And he may be right, some changes oughta be in me
         A                 B               E
But the same damn law that put me on this work gang
      A               B7         E
Give you and me the right to disagree

[Chorus]
          A          B7                 E
There's a lady on my mind in New York City
A                 B7                E
All along she's burned a torch for me
A                     B7               E
She stands proud and tall in New York Harbor
         A                B7              E
And in time I know she'll see that I go free

      A    B7   E
                    4x
Hmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm



D = C
G = F
A = G
A7 = G7
E = D
B = A
B7 = A7