D  A  2x

[Verse 1]
D                        A
  I can't remember what I planned tomorrow
D                          A
I can't remember when it's time to go
       Bm
When I look in the mirror
        E                     E F# G
Tracing lines with a pencil
G
I remember what came before

[Verse 2]
D                            A
  I wanted to think there was endless love
D                     A
Until I saw the light dim in your eyes
        Bm                        E
In the dead of the night I found out
E F# G                                      A
       Sometimes there's love that won't survive

[Chorus]
D              A B C
New York City
C        G           D    A B C
Such a beautiful disease
G D              A B C          G      G A A# F
  New York City      Such a beautiful
G                    D
Such a beautiful disease

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
D                     A
Laura kept all her disappointments
D                             A
Locked up in a box behind her closet door
     Bm                   E
She pulled the blinds and listened to the thunder
E F# G                                   A
       With no way out from the family store

[Verse 4]
D                            A
We all told her things could get better
D                     A
When you just say goodbye
     Bm                 E
I'll lay awake one more night
E F# G                               A
       Caught in a vision I want to deny

[Verse 5]
D                     A
And did I mention the note that I found
D             A
Taped to my locked front door
Bm                     E
It talked about no regrets
E F# G                                          A
As it slipped from my hand to the scuffed tile floor

[Verse 6]
D                    A
I rode the train for hours on end
D                             A
And watched the people pass me by
Bm                         E
It could be that it has no end
E F# G                        A
Just an action junkie's lullaby

[Chorus]
D              A B C
New York City
C        G           D    A B C
Such a beautiful disease
G D              A B C          G      G A A# F
  New York City      Such a beautiful
G                    D
Such a beautiful disease

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 7]
D                              A
We were full of the stuff that every dream rested
      D                       A
As if floating on a lumpy pillow sky
Bm                         E
Caught up in the whole illusion
E F# G                            A
       That dreams never pass us by

[Verse 8]
D                       A
Came to a tattooed conclusion
         D                    A
That the big one was knocking on the door
Bm                        E
What started as a mass delusion
E F# G                                     A
      Would take me far from the place I adore


[Chorus]
D              A B C
New York City
C        G           D    A B C
Such a beautiful disease
G D              A B C          G      G A A# F
  New York City      You are my beautiful
G                    D
Such a beautiful disease

[Instrumental]
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