Key: A major
Verse 1
Gm
G
I'm goin' back
C
to New York city
G
C
Times square sure will be shinin' bright
G
C
I know it sure looks pretty
G
But I don't go down every night.
Verse 2
G
C
I'm gonna take in Memphis
G
C
You know the one down in Tennessee
G
C
And if you want to boogie
G
Now that's the place to be.
Verse 3
G
C
G
C
Sittin' in a bar in Macon
F
C
G
Drinkin' something called
C
G
C
F
Rebel Yells
G
C
Bb
When I thought I heard someone ringing
C
Ab
G
F
C
F
I guess she's a southern bell.
Verse 4
G
C
Bb
C
We just cut out of El Paso
G
C
G
C
F
It just fries there in that desert sun
C
G
C
Bb
And if you've ever been down there man
A
G
F
C
F
Then you know why we run.
Verse 5
C
I got jet lag
Bb
A
Bb
C
And livin' out an overnight bag
Bb
Time changes every day
A
They do things a different way
D
Em
F
Back in the U.S.A.
Interlude 1
G
Gm
G
Verse 6
G
C
G
C
Tryin' hard to make a phone call
F
C
G
C
"Long distance
G
C
F
C
over seas"
G
C
"Yes ma'am I did say Scotland"
G
F
"Could you spell that again for me
please"
C
F
G
C
G
C
F
C
Verse 7
G
C
G
C
Bb
C
You know that it just blew my mind
G
C
F
C
I'd love to go back there next trip
G
F
I sure hope we get some time.
Interlude 2
C
F
C
Bb
A
Bb
B5
C
Bb
A
Dm
F
F5
F
G
Gm
G
Gm
G
C
Cm
G
Gm
G
F
G
F
G
Gm
F
G
Gm
F
Bb
Gm
F
G
F
G
F
G
C
G
C
D
Verse 8
G
C
F
Driving down a Detroit freeway
G
C
Just lookin' at those concrete walls
G
C
Hey but it's a good town to rock 'n roll in
G
F
"What do you mean the po lice closed
C
F
G
the god damned hall?"
Verse 9
C
Flyin' home tomorrow
G
C
To be there's gonna be just great
G
C
And after some time with my lady
G
F
C
F
I'm gonna be back to rock 'n roll in the States.
Outro 1
C
Bb
A
Bb
B5
C
Bb
A
D
G
Bb
A
C#dim
Cm
C
G
Bb
Dm
A
Ab
G
Dm
Bb
A
C
G
Dm
A
Cm
C
G
C
Bb
F
G
C
Bb
C
G
A
Ab
G
Bb
A
G
Bb
A
C
G
Dm
A
Cm
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