Empire State Of Mind chords by Jay-Z, Alicia Keys
Intro 1
[Drums]
B
Yeah,
Verse 1
F#
yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn,
now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever
B
I'm the new Sinatra,
and since I made it here
I can make it anywhere, yeah,
they love me everywhere
F#
I used to cop in Harlem,
hola, my Dominicanos (dímelo)
Right there up on Broadway,
brought me back to that McDonald's
B
Took it to my stashbox,
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen
like a Simmons whippin' pastry
F#
Cruisin' down 8th St, off-white Lexus
Drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas
B
Me, I'm out that Bed-Stuy,
home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
F#
Say what up to Ty-Ty, still sippin' Mai Tais
Sittin' courtside,
Knicks and Nets give me high five
A#
Nigga I be Spike'd out,
I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude attitude
that I'm most definitely from
Chorus 1
B
In New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
F#
made of
C#
There's nothin' you can't do
F#
B
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
F#
brand new
C#
Big lights will inspire you
F#
B
Let's hear it for New York,
New York, New York
Verse 2
F#
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat
more famous then a Yankee can
B
You should know I bleed blue,
but I ain't a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas
walkin' with my clique though
F#
Welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we sellin' rock
Afrika Bambataa shit, home of the hip-hop
B
Yellow cab, gypsy cab,
dollar cab, holla back
For foreigners it ain't fair,
they act like they forgot how to act
F#
Eight million stories, out there in the naked
City is a pity, half of y'all won't make it
B
Me, I got a plug, Special Ed "I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's payin' payin' Lebron,
I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
F#
Three dice Cee-lo, three-card Monte
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley
A#
Statue of Liberty,
long live the World Trade
Long live the king king yo,
I'm from the Empire State that's
Chorus 2
B
In New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
F#
made of
C#
There's nothin' you can't do
F#
B
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
F#
brand new
C#
Big lights will inspire you
F#
B
Let's hear it for New York,
New York, New York
Verse 3
F#
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick,
the sidelines is
B
Lined with casualties,
who sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse,
don't bite the apple, Eve
F#
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style
End of the winter gets cold,
en vogue, with your skin out
B
City of sin, it's a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad,
the city's filled with them
F#
Mommy took a bus trip,
now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
B
"Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you,
life starts when the church end
F#
Came here for school,
graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars,
addicted to the limelight
A#
MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
The city never sleeps,
better slip you an Ambien
Chorus 3
B
In New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
F#
made of
C#
There's nothin' you can't do
F#
B
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
F#
brand new
C#
Big lights will inspire you
F#
B
Let's hear it for New York,
New York, New York
Bridge 1
B
One hand in the air for the big city
C#
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty
D#m
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air everybody say
A#
"Yeah, yeah" (come on, come on, come on)
Chorus 4
B
"Yeah, yeah" In New York (ayy, ah-ha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are
F#
made of
C#
There's nothin' you can't do
F#
B
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
F#
brand new
C#
Big lights will inspire you
F#
B
Let's hear it for New York,
New York, New York
F#
Empire State Of Mind
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys
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