Intro : A G A C(add9) G(2x)
A G A G C(add9) G
A in Gnew york freedom loC(add9)oks like G too many choices
Ain new yGork i found a fC(add9)riend
to drown oGut the other voices
vAoices on the cell phone vGoices from home
vC(add9)oices through the hard sell
vGoices down a stairwell in new Ayork
Gjust got a place in new C(add9)york G
iAn new yoGrk summers get hoC(add9)t
wGell into the hundreds
Ayou can't wGalk around the bC(add9)lock
withGout a change of clothing
hAot as a hair dryer iGn your face
hC(add9)ot as a handbag aGnd a can of mace in neAw york
i jGust got a place in neC(add9)w york G
newA york (newG york) newC(add9) york G
iAn new yoGrk you can forgeC(add9)t
forgGet how to sit still
Atell yoursGelf you will stay iC(add9)n
but it's dGown to alphavilleA G
new yC(add9)ork new GyorkA new york G C(add9) G
new yAork new yoGrk C(add9) G A
neAw yorGk a-oC(add9)oo G
tAhe irish 'been coGming here for yeC(add9)ars
fGeel like they own the place
Athey got the aGirport city hall aC(add9)sphalt dance floor
they eGven got the police
iArish italians jGews and hispanics
relC(add9)igious nuts polGitical fanatics in thAe stew
(living) hGappily not like mC(add9)e and you
that's wGhere i lost you
in new yAork G new yC(add9)ork new yoGrk
in new yAork G new yC(add9)ork new yoGrk
neAw yorGk a-oC(add9)oo-oo-oo-oGoo
neAw yorGk a-oC(add9)oo - oooG - ooAo-oo-ooGo C(add9) G
iAn new yoGrk i lost it alC(add9)l to you Gand your vices
Astill i'm sGtaying on to fC(add9)igure out my mGid-life crisis
Ai hit an iGceberg in my lC(add9)ife you knGow i'm still afloAat
you lose your bGalance lose your wC(add9)ife
in the qGueue for the lifeboat
you've gAot to put the women and cGhildren first
but yC(add9)ou've got an unqGuenchable thirst for
new yC(add9)ork nGew yAork G
new yC(add9)ork nGew yAork new yorkG
in the stC(add9)illness of the eGvening
when the sAun has had its dGay
i hC(add9)eard your voice a-wGhispering
come aAway nowG
nC(add9)ew new Gyork newA-oooG-ooo
neC(add9)w yorGk a-ooAo-o-Go-ooAo