G (320033)
                           Cadd9 (x32030)



INTRO:          A   G   A   Cadd9   G

                A   G   A   Cadd9   G  (stop)

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VERSE 1:         in new york freedom looks like    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


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VERSE 2:         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 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


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VERSE 3:         in new york you can forget
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                forget how to sit still
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                 tell yourself you will stay in
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                but it's down to alphaville


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CHORUS 1:       new york     new york, new york
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                new york, new york
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                new york, a-ooo


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VERSE 4:         the irish 'been coming here for years
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                feel like they own the place
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                 they got the airport, city hall, 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 in the stew
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                (living) happily not like me and you
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                that's where i lost you
 

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CHORUS 2:       in new york   new york, new york
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                in new york   new york, new york
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                new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
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                new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo


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


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CHORUS 3:       new york        new york
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                new york        new york, new york


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VERSE 6:        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


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CHORUS 4:       new    new york, new-ooo-ooo
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                new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo