New York City Blues chords by Count Basie Orchestra, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Verse 1
(C major) Once I said good (A minor) bye
(C major) To New (F major) York City, sweet city
(C major) I (G major) said (B flat major) goodbye (G major) (F major)
(G major) But man, I've gotta (E major) get back to (A minor) you
(Adim) If (A minor) (D major) I have (D minor) to walk, (A minor) or crawl, or (G major) fly
(D minor) I can't (D major) say goodbye
to (C major) New York (B flat major) City
(F major) Mmm, that sweet (D minor) city,
(F major) something's gotta (B flat major) give
You (C major) know they tell you
it's (G major) a great place (B flat major) to (A minor) visit
But (D major) my heart tells me
it's a better place to live (G major)
Let's go, Basie. (F sharpdim) (F major) (C major) (E flat major) (F major) (D major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(D major) An (G major) d if I (C major) come by plane
I can (F major) see (A minor) those (D major) build (G major) ings (D major) high (G major) (C major) (E flat major)
(F major) If (F sharpdim) I (F major) come by boat
I can really heave (B flat major) a sigh (C major) (A minor)
And if I (D minor) come by train
(G major) I can (D minor) watch (F major) those streets go (C major) by (F major)
And if (C major) I land (F major) in the airport
Verse 2
in the skyway,
(C major) catch a cab that's going my way
(F major) Love the busy hum,
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Verse 3
yes, this is my (C major) day
Verse 4
New York (C major) is my town, (A minor) (E flat major) yes, New (A flat major) York,
New (F major) York is (G major) my (C major) town (G major)
(F major) And I'll go
Verse 5
uptown, (B flat major) downtown,
in this (F major) big, (D minor) (F major) happy, sad town
(B major)
Verse 6
And I'll (Bdim) go (B flat major) uptown, downtown, (Bdim)
(F major) in this big, (B flat major) happy, (F major) sad town
Verse 7
East side, west side, (F major) east side, west side,
all around the town
Verse 8
I (F major) love (E flat major) (F major) (B flat major) (F major) (D major) (G major)
(E flat major) (F major) (D minor) (F major) the people,
yes, the (B flat major) people
And how they (F major) make the big town swing
In (B flat major) the autumn and (Bdim) in the winter
In the (F major) summer, in the spring
Yes, (B flat major) the people (F major) an (C major) d every little (A minor) thing
(F major) Yes, I'll go uptown,
(B flat major) downtown (Bdim) (F major) (B flat major) (F major)
I'll (B flat major) go up (Bdim) town, downtown (F major)
(Ddim) There's (G major) the east (D minor) side
(F major) And (D flat major) don't (F major) for (G major) get (F major) the west side (Ddim)
New (G major) (B flat major) York (C major) is (F major) my city
(B flat major) Meet (F major) you at Sugar Rays, baby!
New (E flat major) (F major) York! (D flat major) (B flat major) (F major)
(D flat major)
New York City Blues
Count Basie Orchestra, Sammy Davis Jr.
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