Empire State Of Mind Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F]Yeah, yeah, I'm out that

[Verse 1]
[C]Brooklyn,
now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever
I'm the new [F]Sinatra,
and since I made it here
I can make it anywhere, yeah,
they love me everywhere
I used to cop in [C]Harlem,
hola, my Dominicanos (dímelo)
Right there up on Broadway,
brought me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my [F]stashbox,
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen
like a Simmons whippin' pastry
Cruisin' down [C]8th St, off-white Lexus
Drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas
Me, I'm out that [F]Bed-Stuy,
home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to [C]Ty-Ty, still sippin' Mai Tais
Sittin' courtside,
Knicks and Nets give me high five
Nigga I be [E]Spike'd out,
I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude attitude
that I'm most definitely from

[Chorus 1]
In [F]New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
[C]made of
There's nothin' you [G]can't do
Now you're [C]in [F]New York
These streets will make you feel
[C]brand new
Big lights will ins[G]pire you
Let's hear it [C]for [F]New York,
New York, New York

[Verse 2]
Catch me at the [C]X with OG at a Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat
more famous then a Yankee can
You should know I [F]bleed blue,
but I ain't a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas
walkin' with my clique though
Welcome to the [C]melting pot,
corners where we sellin' rock
Afrika Bambataa shit, home of the hip-hop
Yellow cab, [F]gypsy cab,
dollar cab, holla back
For foreigners it ain't fair,
they act like they forgot how to act
Eight million [C]stories, out there in the naked
City is a pity, half of y'all won't make it
Me, I got a [F]plug, Special Ed "I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's payin' payin' Lebron,
I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
Three dice [C]Cee-lo, three-card Monte
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley
Statue of [E]Liberty,
long live the World Trade
Long live the king king yo,
I'm from the Empire State that's

[Chorus 2]
In [F]New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
[C]made of
There's nothin' you [G]can't do
Now you're [C]in [F]New York
These streets will make you feel
[C]brand new
Big lights will ins[G]pire you
Let's hear it [C]for [F]New York,

[Verse 3]
New York, New York
[C]Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick,
the sidelines is
[F]Lined with casualties,
who sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse,
don't bite the apple, Eve
[C]Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style
End of the winter gets cold,
en vogue, with your skin out
[F]City of sin, it's a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad,
the city's filled with them
[C]Mommy took a bus trip,
now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
[F]"Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you,
life starts when the church end
[C]Came here for school,
graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars,
addicted to the limelight
[E]MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
The city never sleeps,
better slip you an Ambien

[Chorus 3]
In [F]New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
[C]made of
There's nothin' you [G]can't do
Now you're [C]in [F]New York
These streets will make you feel
[C]brand new
Big lights will ins[G]pire you
Let's hear it [C]for [F]New York,

[Bridge 1]
New York, New York
[F]One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' [G]pretty
No place in the world that could com[Am]pare
Put your lighters in the air everybody say
[E]"Yeah, yeah" (come on, come on, come on)

[Chorus 4]
"Yeah, yeah" In [F]New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
[C]made of
There's nothin' you [G]can't do
Now you're [C]in [F]New York
These streets will make you feel
[C]brand new
Big lights will ins[G]pire you
Let's hear it [C]for [F]New York,
New York, New York
[C]