Streets Of New York chords by
Wolfe Tones

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Cm

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Dm

Dm

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Eb

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F

F

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Eb

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Verse 1

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Cm

Cm

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I was eighteen years old

Dm

Dm

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Eb

Eb

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When I went down to Dublin

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Gm

Gm

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With a fistfull of money

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Eb

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F

F

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F

F

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And a cartload of dreams

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Take your time

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Cm

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Said me father

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Dm

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Stop rushing like hell

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Gm

Gm

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And remember all is not

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F

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What it seems to be

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Gm

Gm

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For there's fellas would cut ye

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Bb

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For the coat on yer back

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Eb

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Gm

Gm

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Or the watch that ye got

F

F

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From yer mother

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Cm

Cm

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So take care me young buck-o

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Dm

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Eb

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And mind yourself well

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Bb

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F

F

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And will ye give this wee note

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Bb

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To me brother

Verse 2

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At the time Uncle Benjy

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Was a policeman in Brooklyn

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F

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And me father the youngest

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F

F

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Looked after the farm

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Cm

Cm

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When a phonecall from America

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Dm

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Eb

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Said 'Send the lad over'

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Bb

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Gm

Gm

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And the old fella said

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F

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Bb

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'Sure it wouldn't do any harm'

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Eb

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F

F

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For I spent me life working

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Bb

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This dirty old ground

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Eb

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F

F

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For a few pints of porter

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Bb

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And the the smell of a pound

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Bb

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Cm

Cm

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And sure maybe there's something

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Dm

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Eb

Eb

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You learn loyalty

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Bb

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Gm

Gm

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And you can bring it back home

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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Eb

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F

F

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Make it easy on me

Verse 3

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Cm

Cm

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So I landed at Kennedy

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Dm

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Eb

Eb

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And a big yellow taxi

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Bb

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Gm

Gm

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Carried me and me bags

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Eb

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F

F

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Through the streets and the rain

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Cm

Cm

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Well me poor heart was thumpin'

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Dm

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Around with excitement

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Gm

Gm

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And I hardly even heard

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F

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What the driver was saying

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Gm

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We came in the Shore Parkway

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To the Flatlands in Brooklyn

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Gm

Gm

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To my Uncles apartment

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F

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On East 53rd

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Cm

Cm

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I was fellin' so happy

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Dm

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Eb

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I was hummin' a song

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Bb

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F

F

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Bb

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And I sang you're as free as a bird'

Verse 4

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F

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Well to shorten the story

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Eb

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Bb

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What I found out that day

F

F

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Was that Benjy got shot down

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Eb

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Bb

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In an uptown foray

Cm

Cm

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And while I was flyin'

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Dm

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Eb

Eb

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My way to New York

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Bb

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Gm

Gm

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Poor Benjy was lying

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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In a cold city morgue

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Eb

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F

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Well I phoned up the old fella

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Bb

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Told him the news

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Eb

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F

F

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I could tell he could hardly

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Bb

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Stand up in his shoes

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Bb

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Cm

Cm

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And he wept as he told me

Dm

Dm

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Eb

Eb

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'Go ahead with the plan'

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Bb

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Gm

Gm

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And not to forget

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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G

G

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Be a proud Irirshman

Verse 5

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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So I went up to Nellies

Em

Em

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F

F

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Beside Fordham Road

C

C

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Am

Am

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And I started to learn

F

F

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G

G

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About lifting the load

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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But the heaviest thing

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Em

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F

F

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That I carried that year

C

C

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Am

Am

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Was the bittersweet thoughts

G

G

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C

C

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Of my hometown so dear

G

G

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Am

Am

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I went home that Decem ber

F

F

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C

C

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'Cause the old fella died

F

F

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Am

Am

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Had to borrow the money

G

G

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From a fellow on the side

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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And all the bright flowers

Em

Em

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F

F

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And brass couldn't hide

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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The poor wasted face of me father

Verse 6

G

G

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I sold up the old farmyard

F

F

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C

C

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For what it was worth

G

G

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And into me bag

F

F

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G

G

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Stuck a handful of earth

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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Then I boarded a train

Em

Em

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F

F

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And I caught me a plane

C

C

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Am

Am

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G

G

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C

C

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And I found myself back In the US again

F

F

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G

G

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Its been twenty two years

C

C

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Since I set foot in Dublin

F

F

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G

G

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Me kids know to use

C

C

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The correct knife and fork

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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But I'll never forget

Em

Em

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F

F

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The green grass and the rivers

C

C

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Am

Am

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As I keep law and order

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G

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C

C

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F

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C

C

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G

G

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On the streets of New York

Outro 1

C

C

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Na na na,

Dm

Dm

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na na na,

Em

Em

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Na na na na na,

F

F

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na na na

C

C

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Na na-na,

Am

Am

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na na na,

F

F

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G

G

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na na-na na

C

C

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Na na na,

Dm

Dm

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na na na,

Em

Em

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na na na na na,

F

F

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na na na

C

C

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Na na-na,

Am

Am

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na na na,

G

G

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C

C

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na na-na na

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