Key: B major
Verse 1
G
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
G
I look out on
D
Em
the grey of New York City
C
G
To see some children playing
G
D
Em
Central Park in winter should look pretty
G
D
for kids to grow
Verse 2
C
D
And my memory takes me back again
G
Em
to winters that I've seen
C
D
Fields and wooded hills where snow
G
Em
could fall and keep it's clean
C
D
Where I'd wake unto the wonder of
G
D
Em
G
C
the West Virginia morn'
D
G
City boy, country born
Dsus4
G
Verse 3
Dsus4
G
D
And I watch the garbage scows
C
G
D
Filled with things New Yorkers throw away
D
Bm
Em
children and I shiver
G
C
Lord, that Hudson River
D
Verse 4
C
D
And my memory takes me back again
G
Em
to rivers that I've seen
C
D
Lazy country rivers that just
G
Em
flow and feed the green
C
D
You can fish 'em, you can drink 'em,
G
Bm
Em
G
C
you can swim 'em when you're warm
D
G
City boy, country born
Dsus4
Ab
Verse 5
Eb
Ab
Cm
And I see the heart at New
Ab
Db
As they hurry home across
Ab
Eb
the Brooklyn Bridge
Eb
Cm
Fm
of instant cof fee
Db
Ab
And frozen TV dinners front the fridge
Eb
Verse 6
Db
Eb
And my memory takes me back again
Ab
Fm
to dinners that I've seen
Db
Eb
Home cured crispy ba con,
Ab
Fm
buttered corn and country beans
Db
Eb
And a cup of mama's coffee,
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Cm
Fm
Db
cooking stoves that kept me warm
Eb
Ab
Fm
City boy, country born
Verse 7
Db
Eb
Ab
Fm
Oh, big city boy, country born
Yeah, big city boy
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