New York City chords by Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (C major) New York City gripped  (F major) me,
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like a  (C major) big old machine
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 (D minor) I  (C major) went into one  (F major) side
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and  (D minor) landed in a  (G minor) dream
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 (G major) It  (C major) stirred me up and made
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 (F major) me shout
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And some (C major) times I for (F major) got about
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The  (C major) way the wind blows  (F major) in and out
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The  (D minor) cot tonwood trees  (G minor) 
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 (D minor) And

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Verse 2

oh, it's easy to lose your mind

I might've lost mine

If I hadn't found you

Verse 3
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The  (C major) avenues, the boulevard (F major) s
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 (C major) Businesses and  (F major) school yards
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 (C major) Shopping malls and  (D minor) mo  torcars
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All in one  (G minor) scene
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 (G major) The

Verse 4
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 (C major) lowest lows, and the  (F major) highest highs
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The  (C major) meanest noise and
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the  (F major) lullabies
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The poison  (C major) and the com (F major) promise
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The  (D minor) unspoken scream  (G minor) 
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 (G major) And

Verse 5

oh, it's so hard to find your place

And I never found mine

If I hadn't seen your face

Verse 6
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And  (C major) you can be my  (F major) Buster  (C major) Keaton,
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I'll be  (F major) Blossom  (C major) Dearie
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We can see  (F major) the world so
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 (D minor) clearly  (G minor) 
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 (C major) You'll colour the grey  (F major) away
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 (C major) I will sing you song (F major) s all day
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The  (C major) decay will just  (F major) turn to blue moons
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As  (D minor) we look at the  (G minor) good old- fashioned
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 (C major) moon  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 

Verse 7
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 (D minor)  (G minor) 
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Well,  (C major) New York City split
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 (F major) me like a  (C major) log in a mill  (F major) 
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 (C major) Half of me happy,  (F major) the  (D minor) other half  (G minor) ill
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 (G major) But I feel  (C major) myself a- warm
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 (F major) ing to the  (C major) old neon chill  (F major) 
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I  (C major) still feel a long (F major) ing,
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but its chased  (D minor) by a thrill  (G minor) 

Verse 8

And oh, its so hard to find your place

I'd never found mine

If I hadn't seen your face

And

Verse 9
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C 
 (C major) you can be my  (F major) Buster  (C major) Keaton,
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C 
I'll be  (F major) Blossom  (C major) Dearie
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We can  (F major) see the world so
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 (D minor) clearly  (G minor) 
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F 
 (C major) You'll colour the grey  (F major) away
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And  (C major) I will sing you song (F major) s all day
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The  (C major) decay will just  (F major) turn to blue moons
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 (D minor) We  look at the  (G minor) good old- fashioned
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 (C major) moon  (F major) 