Got The Gate On The Golden Gate chords by Mel Tormé
Verse 1
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Do you realize that better
than a million people
cross the New York City bridges
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every day?
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The Triborough, the Williamsburg,
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the Brooklyn Bridge,
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and there's the great George Washington
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to send them on their way!
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Manhattan, Manhattan,
the Sooke and the Staten,
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the UC on Park Avenue there,
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the uptown, the downtown,
the running around town,
that all the citizens do there.
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There is no denying it's exciting
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But I know a town that's more inviting
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There have been lots
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of songs
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written about San
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Francisco
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This is
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not one of them,
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nor do they go the way
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that this go.
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I'm not about to tell you of her hills,
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or her cable cars,
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or her many thrills,
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But instead I thought I
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would take a chance
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And brief you on how she stack
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s up in romance
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Went for a walk one day alone
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down around the bay
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I guess you could say that it was fate
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How else could I have met my
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love on the golden gate?
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She strolled along the bridge
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and she was the cutest pigeon,
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gee, did you never pal
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pitate?
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Well, you'd have swooned
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to see her there
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on the Golden Gate
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I looked into her eyes
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and foggy skies were clear
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Just when I thought love was here
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What a switch along came the Cadillac,
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And she got him back, alas,
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an d like she had a date
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I finally found the love
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I longed for too late
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I had no golden, got the gate on the golden gate
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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But no such luck and now it's clear
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I'm a goner now
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Every day I stroll alone
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Down around the bay,
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I guess I'll simply chalk
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it up to fate
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An d that's what happens to you
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when you don't rate
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I had no gold and got the gate
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on the Golden gate
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I didn't have a penny
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so I couldn't ask her out for any coffee
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an d at the papagaya room
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I'm telling this to you
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so you may understand
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that's what happens
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when you don't write
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I had no gold and got the gate
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I'm a golden gate
Outro 1
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Got The Gate On The Golden Gate
Mel Tormé
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