New York

(intro) A   G   A   Cadd9   G (2x)  
(stop)
        A   G   A   G   Cadd9   G

(verse 1)
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      in new york freedom looks like
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    too many choices
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 in new york i found a friend
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to drown out the other voices
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voices on the cell phone voices from
 home
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voices through the hard sell
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voices down a stairwell in new york
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 just got a place in new york

(verse 2)
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in new york summers get hot
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well into the hundreds
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 you can't walk around the block
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without a change of clothing
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hot as a hair dryer in your face
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hot as a handbag and a can of 
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mace in new york
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i just got a place in new york
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new york (new york) new york

(verse 3)
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in new york you can forget
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forget how to sit still
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A         G                  Cadd9
 tell yourself you will stay in
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but it's down to alphaville

(chorus 1)
    Cadd9   G    A             G 
new york     new york, new york
  Cadd9   G

    A          G   Cadd9   G    A
new york, new york
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new york, a-ooo

(verse 4)
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the irish 'been coming here for 
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years
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feel like they own the place
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 they got the airport, city hall, 
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asphalt, dance floor
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they even got the police
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irish, italians, jews and hispanics
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religious nuts, political fanatics
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 in the stew
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(living) happily not like me and you
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that's where i lost you

(chorus 2)
       A   G      Cadd9      G
in new york   new york, new york
       A   G      Cadd9      G
in new york   new york, new york
 A    G     Cadd9     G
new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
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new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - 
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ooo-oo-ooo

(verse 5)
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in new york i lost it all to  you 
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and your vices
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 still i'm staying on to figure 
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out my mid-life crisis
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 i hit an iceberg in my life, you
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 know i'm still afloat
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you lose your balance, lose your 
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wife
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in the queue for the lifeboat
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you've got to put the women and 
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children first
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but you've got an unquenchable 
thirst for

(chorus 3)
    Cadd9   G    A      G
new york        new york
    Cadd9   G    A              G
new york        new york, new york

(verse 6)
        Cadd9           G
in the stillness of the evening
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when the sun has had its day
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i heard your voice a-whispering
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come away now

(chorus 4)
Cadd9    G        A   G
new    new york, new-ooo-ooo
 Cadd9    G      A   G   A
new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo
new york