Streets Of New York chords by Wolfe Tones
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Intro 1
(B flat major) (C minor) (D minor) (E flat major)
(B flat major) (F major) (E flat major) (B flat major)
Verse 1
I was (B flat major) eighteen years old (C minor)
When I went (D minor) down to (E flat major) Dublin
With a (B flat major) fistfull of (G minor) money
And a (E flat major) cartload of (F major) dreams (F major)
Take your (B flat major) time
Said me father (C minor)
Stop (D minor) rushing like (E flat major) hell
And re (B flat major) member all is (G minor) not
What it (F major) seems to be (B flat major)
For there's (F major) fellas would (G minor) cut ye
For the (E flat major) coat on yer back (B flat major)
Or the (E flat major) watch that ye got (G minor)
From yer (F major) mother
So take (B flat major) care me young (C minor) buck-o
And mind (D minor) yourself (E flat major) well
And will ye (B flat major) give this wee note (F major)
To me (B flat major) brother
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Verse 2
At the (F major) time Uncle Benjy
Was a (E flat major) policeman in (B flat major) Brooklyn
And me (F major) father the youngest
Looked after (E flat major) the farm (F major)
When a (B flat major) phonecall from A (C minor) merica
Said (D minor) 'Send the lad over' (E flat major)
And the (B flat major) old fella said (G minor)
'Sure it wouldn't (F major) do any harm' (B flat major)
For I (E flat major) spent me life working (F major)
This (B flat major) dirty old ground
For a (E flat major) few pints of porter (F major)
And the (B flat major) the smell of a pound
And sure (B flat major) maybe there's something (C minor)
You learn (D minor) loyalty (E flat major)
And you can (B flat major) bring it back home (G minor)
Make it (F major) easy on (B flat major) me (E flat major) (B flat major) (F major)
Verse 3
So I (B flat major) landed at (C minor) Kennedy
And a (D minor) big yellow taxi (E flat major)
Carried (B flat major) me and me bags (G minor)
Through the (E flat major) streets and the rain (F major) (F major)
Well me (B flat major) poor heart was thumpin' (C minor)
A (D minor) round with excite (E flat major) ment
And I (B flat major) hardly even (G minor) heard
What the (F major) driver was saying (B flat major)
We came (F major) in the Shore Parkway (G minor)
To the (E flat major) Flatlands in Brooklyn (B flat major)
To my (E flat major) Uncles apart (G minor) ment
On East (F major) 53rd (F major)
I was (B flat major) fellin' so (C minor) happy
I was (D minor) hummin' a song (E flat major)
And I (B flat major) sang you're as (F major) free as a (B flat major) bird'
Verse 4
Well to (F major) shorten the story
What I (E flat major) found out that (B flat major) day
Was that (F major) Benjy got shot down
In an (E flat major) uptown foray (B flat major)
And while I was flyin' (C minor)
My way (D minor) to New York (E flat major)
Poor (B flat major) Benjy was (G minor) lying
In a (F major) cold city (B flat major) morgue
Well I (E flat major) phoned up the old (F major) fella
Told (B flat major) him the news
I could (E flat major) tell he could hardly (F major)
Stand (B flat major) up in his shoes
And he (B flat major) wept as he told (C minor) me
'Go a (D minor) head with the plan' (E flat major)
And (B flat major) not to for (G minor) get
Be a (F major) proud Irirsh (B flat major) man (E flat major) (B flat major) (G major)
Verse 5
So I (C major) went up to (D minor) Nellies
Beside (E minor) Fordham (F major) Road
And I (C major) started to (A minor) learn
About (F major) lifting the load (G major)
But the heaviest (C major) thing (D minor)
That I (E minor) carried that (F major) year
Was the (C major) bittersweet thoughts (A minor)
Of my hometown (G major) so (C major) dear
I went (G major) home that Decem (A minor) ber
'Cause the (F major) old fella died (C major)
Had to (F major) borrow the (A minor) money
From a (G major) fellow on the side
And all (C major) the bright (D minor) flowers
And (E minor) brass couldn't (F major) hide
The (C major) poor wasted face (G major) of me (C major) father
Verse 6
I sold (G major) up the old farmyard
For (F major) what it was worth (C major)
And into (G major) me bag
Stuck a handful (F major) of (G major) earth
Then I (C major) boarded a train (D minor)
And I (E minor) caught me a plane (F major)
And I (C major) found myself back (A minor) In the (G major) US a (C major) gain
Its been (F major) twenty two years (G major)
Since I (C major) set foot in Dublin
Me (F major) kids know to use (G major)
The correct (C major) knife and fork
But I'll (C major) never for (D minor) get
The green (E minor) grass and the rivers (F major)
As I (C major) keep law and order (A minor)
On the (G major) streets of New (C major) York (F major) (C major) (G major)
Outro 1
Na na (C major) na,
na na (D minor) na,
Na na (E minor) na na na,
(F major) na na na
(C major) Na na-na,
(A minor) na na na,
(F major) na na-na (G major) na
Na na (C major) na,
na na (D minor) na,
na na (E minor) na na na,
(F major) na na na
(C major) Na na-na,
(A minor) na na na,
(G major) na na-na (C major) na
Streets Of New York
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