When manhattan was a maiden chords by Carly Simon
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Verse 1
(F sharp major) (C sharp minor) (F sharp minor) When Man (D major) hattan was a (C sharp major) maiden,
(F sharp minor) (B major) I was her (E minor) lover (A major)
(D major) I was Brooklyn (C sharp major) (F sharp minor) Bridge carrying
wood (E sharp major) for her (C major) fires
The (D major) horns and the whistles
her (E minor) personal choir
(A major) (F sharp major)
Verse 2
(B major) And oh, how the (E minor) band played
And (B major) oh, (E minor) once again into the dawn
(F sharp major) (E major)
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Verse 3
(C sharp minor) (F sharpsus4) (E major)
(F sharpsus4) When Man (D major) hattan was a (C sharp major) maiden,
(F sharp minor) (B major) I was her (E minor) lover (A major)
(D major) I was the snow (C sharp major) curving (F sharp minor) blind
down (F major) around her hips (C major)
The (D major) horse making tracks
on the first (E minor) of his trips
As the deep (A major) scarlet moon,
I was (F sharp major) kissing her lips
And oh, (B major) how
Verse 4
the (E minor) band played on
And (B major) oh, how the (E minor) band played on
And (B major) oh, (E minor) once again into the dawn
(F sharp major) When (C sharp minor) Manhattan (F sharp major) was (F sharpsus4) (B major) a (D major) maiden
Interlude 1
(G major) (B major) (B flat major) (B major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (A major) (C sharp major) (C major)
(C sharp major)
Verse 5
(C major) Now she (D major) is a wild (B major) girl, this island
(C major) The (F major) shucks (B major) of the (C major) sidewalks
(D major) She leaps (C major) of it's ledge
(G minor) Does (C major) n't need (D major) to be (G minor) reminded
(D major) (B major) With
Verse 6
(C major) her 'touch me' pant (G minor) s and
her 'go (C major) to hell' shoes (A major)
(C major) Not much could still (G minor) be new for her (C major)
This beau (A major) ty born (G minor) and bru (D major) tal as (E minor) the New York day
is long (A major)
Interlude 2
(A major) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor)
(B major) (E minor) (F sharp major) (C sharp minor) (F sharpsus4)
Verse 7
When Man (D major) hattan was a (C sharp major) maiden,
(F sharp minor) (B major) I was her (E minor) lover (A major)
(D major) Maybe she (C sharp major) still has my pic (F sharp minor) ture between some
(F major) leather- bound (C major) pages (B flat major)
(C major) But her (D major) number, it changes again (E minor) and again
I don't (A major) know if she would
recognize (F sharp major) such an old friend
But oh, (B major) how
Verse 8
the (E minor) band plays on
(B major) And oh, how the (E minor) band plays on
(B major) Oh, (E minor) once again into the dawn
(B major) Oh,
Verse 9
(E minor) New York City, baby (B major)
Happy New Year
(E minor) Once again into the dawn
(B major) 'Round again, it goes around
(E minor) (B major)
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