Streets Of New York
Streets Of New York

Streets Of New York easy guitar chords by Wolfe Tones

1981Folk
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    6
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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    was 
    eighteen 
    years 
    old 

    When 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    Dublin 

    With 
    fistfull 
    of 
    money 

    And 
    cartload 
    of 
    dreams 

    Take 
    your 
    time 

    Said 
    me 
    father 

    Stop 
    rushing 
    like 
    hell 

    And 
    re
    member 
    all 
    is 
    not 

    What 
    it 
    seems 
    to 
    be 

    For 
    there's 
    fellas 
    would 
    cut 
    ye 

    For 
    the 
    coat 
    on 
    yer 
    back 

    Or 
    the 
    watch 
    that 
    ye 
    got 

    From 
    yer 
    mother 

    So 
    take 
    care 
    me 
    young 
    buck-o 

    And 
    mind 
    yourself 
    well 

    And 
    will 
    ye 
    give 
    this 
    wee 
    note 

    To 
    me 
    brother 

    Verse 2
    At 
    the 
    time 
    Uncle 
    Benjy 

    Was 
    policeman 
    in 
    Brooklyn 

    And 
    me 
    father 
    the 
    youngest 

    Looked 
    after 
    the 
    farm 

    When 
    phonecall 
    from 
    A
    merica 

    Said 
    'Send 
    the 
    lad 
    over' 

    And 
    the 
    old 
    fella 
    said 

    'Sure 
    it 
    wouldn't 
    do 
    any 
    harm' 

    For 
    spent 
    me 
    life 
    working 

    This 
    dirty 
    old 
    ground 

    For 
    few 
    pints 
    of 
    porter 

    And 
    the 
    the 
    smell 
    of 
    pound 

    And 
    sure 
    maybe 
    there's 
    something 

    You 
    learn 
    loyal
    ty 

    And 
    you 
    can 
    bring 
    it 
    back 
    home 

    Make 
    it 
    easy 
    on 
    me 

    Verse 3
    So 
    landed 
    at 
    Kennedy 

    And 
    big 
    yellow 
    taxi 

    Carried 
    me 
    and 
    me 
    bags 

    Through 
    the 
    streets 
    and 
    the 
    rain 

    Well 
    me 
    poor 
    heart 
    was 
    thumpin' 

    A
    round 
    with 
    ex
    cite
    ment 

    And 
    hardly 
    even 
    heard 

    What 
    the 
    driver 
    was 
    saying 

    We 
    came 
    in 
    the 
    Shore 
    Parkway 

    To 
    the 
    Flatlands 
    in 
    Brooklyn 

    To 
    my 
    Uncles 
    a
    part
    ment 

    On 
    East 
    53rd 

    was 
    fellin' 
    so 
    happy 

    was 
    hummin' 
    song 

    And 
    sang 
    you're 
    as 
    free 
    as 
    bird' 

    Verse 4
    Well 
    to 
    shorten 
    the 
    story 

    What 
    found 
    out 
    that 
    day 

    Was 
    that 
    Benjy 
    got 
    shot 
    down 

    In 
    an 
    uptown 
    for
    ay 

    And 
    while 
    was 
    flyin' 

    My 
    way 
    to 
    New 
    York 

    Poor 
    Benjy 
    was 
    lying 

    In 
    cold 
    city 
    morgue 

    Well 
    phoned 
    up 
    the 
    old 
    fella 

    Told 
    him 
    the 
    news 

    could 
    tell 
    he 
    could 
    hardly 

    Stand 
    up 
    in 
    his 
    shoes 

    And 
    he 
    wept 
    as 
    he 
    told 
    me 

    'Go 
    a
    head 
    with 
    the 
    plan' 

    And 
    not 
    to 
    for
    get 

    Be 
    proud 
    Irirsh
    man 

    Verse 5
    So 
    went 
    up 
    to 
    Nellies 

    Beside 
    Fordham 
    Road 

    And 
    started 
    to 
    learn 

    About 
    lifting 
    the 
    load 

    But 
    the 
    heaviest 
    thing 

    That 
    carried 
    that 
    year 

    Was 
    the 
    bittersweet 
    thoughts 

    Of 
    my 
    hometown 
    so 
    dear 

    went 
    home 
    that 
    De
    cem
    ber 

    'Cause 
    the 
    old 
    fella 
    died 

    Had 
    to 
    borrow 
    the 
    money 

    From 
    fellow 
    on 
    the 
    side 

    And 
    all 
    the 
    bright 
    flowers 

    And 
    brass 
    couldn't 
    hide 

    The 
    poor 
    wasted 
    face 
    of 
    me 
    father 

    Verse 6
    sold 
    up 
    the 
    old 
    farmyard 

    For 
    what 
    it 
    was 
    worth 

    And 
    into 
    me 
    bag 

    Stuck 
    handful 
    of 
    earth 

    Then 
    boarded 
    train 

    And 
    caught 
    me 
    plane 

    And 
    found 
    myself 
    back 
    In 
    the 
    US 
    a
    gain 

    Its 
    been 
    twenty 
    two 
    years 

    Since 
    set 
    foot 
    in 
    Dublin 

    Me 
    kids 
    know 
    to 
    use 

    The 
    correct 
    knife 
    and 
    fork 

    But 
    I'll 
    never 
    for
    get 

    The 
    green 
    grass 
    and 
    the 
    rivers 

    As 
    keep 
    law 
    and 
    order 

    On 
    the 
    streets 
    of 
    New 
    York 

    Outro 1
    Na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na 
    na, 

    Na 
    na 
    na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na 
    na 

    Na 
    na-na, 

    na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na-na 
    na 

    Na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na 
    na 
    na 
    na, 

    na 
    na 
    na 

    Na 
    na-na, 

    na 
    na 
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    na 
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    na 
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