Key: F major
Verse 1
F#
C#m
F#m
D
C#
When Manhattan was a maiden,
F#m
B
Em
A
I was her lover
D
C#
F#m
I was Brooklyn Bridge carrying
E#
C
wood for her fires
D
The horns and the whistles
Em
her personal choir
A
F#
Verse 2
B
Em
And oh, how the band played
B
Em
And oh, once again into the dawn
F#
E
Verse 3
C#m
F#sus4
E
F#sus4
D
C#
When Manhattan was a maiden,
F#m
B
Em
A
I was her lover
D
C#
F#m
I was the snow curving blind
F
C
down around her hips
D
The horse making tracks
Em
on the first of his trips
A
As the deep scarlet moon,
F#
I was kissing her lips
B
And oh, how
Verse 4
Em
the band played on
B
Em
And oh, how the band played on
B
Em
And oh, once again into the dawn
F#
C#m
F#
F#sus4
B
D
When Manhattan was a maiden
Interlude 1
G
B
Bb
B
G
D
C
A
C#
C
C#
Verse 5
C
D
B
Now she is a wild girl, this island
C
F
B
C
The shucks of the sidewalks
D
C
She leaps of it's ledge
Gm
C
D
Gm
Doesn't need to be reminded
D
B
With
Verse 6
C
Gm
her 'touch me' pants and
C
A
her 'go to hell' shoes
C
Gm
C
Not much could still be new for her
A
Gm
D
Em
This beauty born and brutal as the New York day
A
is long
Interlude 2
A
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
F#
C#m
F#sus4
Verse 7
D
C#
When Manhattan was a maiden,
F#m
B
Em
A
I was her lover
D
C#
F#m
Maybe she still has my picture between some
F
C
Bb
leather- bound pages
C
D
Em
But her number, it changes again and again
A
I don't know if she would
F#
recognize such an old friend
B
But oh, how
Verse 8
Em
the band plays on
B
Em
And oh, how the band plays on
B
Em
Oh, once again into the dawn
B
Oh,
Verse 9
Em
B
New York City, baby
Happy New Year
Em
Once again into the dawn
B
'Round again, it goes around
Em
B
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