N.Y.C. Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][D][A]
[G][D][A][D][G][D][A]

[Verse 1]
He [G]was stand
ing on [D]the highway
Somewhere way [A]out in the stick[D]s
Guitar across his shoulder
Like [A]a 30 ought six
He was star[G]ing in my head[D]lights
When [A]I come around [D]the bend
[G]Climbed up on my shotgun side
And [A]told me with [Esus4]a grin
[A]I'm going

[Verse 2]
[G]to New York [D]City[A][D]
[G]I never really [D]been there
Just like [A]the way it sounds
I heard [G]the [D]girls [A]are pretty[D]
[G]There must be something
[D]happening there
It's [A]just too big a town

[Verse 3]
He was [G]cold and wet [D]and hungry
Never [A]did complain
[D]Said he'[G]d come a thou
[D]sand miles
[A]Through sleet and snow and rain
He had [G]a hundred stor[D]ies
About [A]the places that he'd [D]been
He'd [G]hang around a little [D]while
And [A]hit the road again

[Verse 4]
He's going [G]to New York [D]City[A][D]
I [G]never really [D]been there
Just [A]like the way it sounds
He heard [G]the [D]girls [A]are pretty[D]
[G]There must be something
[D]happening there
It's [A]just too big [G]a t[D]own[A][D]
[G][D]

[Interlude 1]
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[D][G][D][A]

[Verse 5]
See I've been [G]to New York [D]City
Seems like it [A]was yesterday
[D]I was standing lik[G]e a pilgrim
On the Great [A]White Way
The girls [G]were really pretty
[D]But they wouldn't tal[A]k to me[D]
I [G]held out about a week
[A]Went back to Tennessee

[Verse 6]
So, I thought [G]I'd [D]better warn him
When he [A]climbed out [D]of my car
Grabbed [G]his battered suit[D]case
[A]Shouldered his guitar
I knew I was [G]just [D]jealous
If I did[A]n't wish him well
[D]I sli[G]pped the kid a t[D]wenty
[G]Said [A]'Billy give 'em hell'

[Verse 7]
He's going [G]to New York [D]City[A][D]
I nev[G]er really [D]been there
Just like [A]the way it sounds
He heard [G]the girls [D]are pretty[A][D]
[G]There must be something
[D]happening there
It's [A]just too big a town

[Verse 8]
He's going [G]to New York [D]City[A][D]
I nev[G]er really [D]been there
Just [A]like the way it sounds
He heard [G]the girls [D]are pretty[A][D]
[G]There must be something [D]happening there
It's [A]just too big a [G]town[D]
[A][D]

[Verse 9]
[A]Goin', goin',
[G]goin' [D]to [A]New[D] York City

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][A][D]
[G][D][A]

[Verse 10]
Going [D]to New York [G]City[D]
[A][G][D][G]
[D][G][A]
Going [D]to New York City

[Outro 1]
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[A][D]