Key: G major
Verse 1
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C
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D
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C
New York
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G
poor New York
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G
New York poor New York
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G
Verse 2
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D
C
Cars choking your child to death
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G
C
But you don't want to see
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G
Cause you only think about yourself
D
C
How blind can you be
Em
Verse 3
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G
New York poor New York
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G
Sniper on the rooftop New York
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D
Em
New York poor New York
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Not fit for a dog in New York
Verse 4
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D
Everybody bites on the Big Apple
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D
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Leave the hungry in tears
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G
But no one gives a damn no
C
Em
one really cares
Bm
Am
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How they feel they're just paper people
Interlude 1
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C
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C
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D
Em
Verse 5
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need a gun to walk into New York
Verse 6
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Am
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Em
Who can help you this time
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D
Still you're askin' me who was your friend
C
Verse 7
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C
G
New York poor New York
C
G
Who turned the lights out in New York
Verse 8
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C
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New York poor New York
C
G
Just another blackout in New York
Verse 9
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C
Girl dead on the 26thfloor
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But no one knew her name
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G
D
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Found her body behind the door
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Em
Ebdim
Verse 10
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New York poor New York
C
G
Devils in the subway New York
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D
Em
C
Em
New York poor New York
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New York poor New York
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C#dim
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C#dim
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C
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watch out
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C
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Harlem touching midtown New York
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New York poor New York
Verse 11
Money's getting tighter New York
They're burning the bridges to New York
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