Bruce Springsteen – New York City Serenade (Guitar)

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[Intro] A F#m Bm7 A
  A     F#m               Bm7      Asus4         A          F#m                Bm7   Asus4
Billy, he's down by the railroad track, sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac,

A         F#m          Bm7       Asus4     A      F#m      Bm7       Asus4
Diamond Jackie, she's so intact, as she falls so softly beneath him,

          Bm7                             F#m7
Jackie's heels are stacked, Billy's got cleats on his boots,

                         Bm7                                 F#m7
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot,

       Bm7                              D                            Esus4          E
It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute, it's a mad dog's promenade,

         A  F#m Bm7          Asus4             A F#m7 Bm7 Asus4
So walk tall,     or better don't walk at all.

     A     F#m                      Bm                        D
Fish lady, fish lady, fish lady she baits them tenement walls,

            A                           F#m                Bm      D
She won't take cornerboys, ain't got no money, and they're so easy,

             A                            F#m                   Bm  D
I said, "Hey baby won't you take my hand, walk me down Broadway,

      A                               F#m                            Bm
I'm a young man and I talk real loud, yeah, baby walk real proud for you.

D                          A                                      F#m
So shake it away, so shake away your street life, shake away your city life,

    Bm                    D                           A       F#m              Bm                     D
And hook up to the train, hook up to the night train, hook it up hook up to the, hook up to the train,

                     Bm                           F#m
But I know that she won't take the train, no she won't take the train,

        Bm                           F#m
No she won't take the train, no she won't take the train

        Bm                           F#m
No she won't take the train, no she won't take the train

        Bm                           F#m
No she won't take the train, no she won't take the train

        D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down,

              Esus4                E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone

     A     F#m                    Bm7     Asus4  A F#m Bm7 Asus4
So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on.

     A                  F#m      Bm7              Asus4
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man play me your serenade

A           F#m                             Bm7    Asus4
Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave

          Bm7                            F#m7
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy,

          Bm7                              F#m7
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy,

           Bm7                                           D
Straight for the church note ringin', vibes man sting a trash can

         Esus4          E
Listen to your junk man, listen to your junk man,
Listen to your junk man, listen to your junk man,
        A      F#m          Bm7         Asus4          A     F#m
He's singin' (singin'), He’s singin' (singin'), He’s singin'

             Bm7                            Asus4
All dressed up in satin, walkin' down the alley.

       A       F#m      Bm7       Asus4 .... repeat for fade out
He’s singin', singin’, singin’, singin’,
Watch out for you junk man, watch out for your junk man, Watch out for your junk man.
    A  F#m Bm7 Asus4  D   Bm Esus4  E
e|--0---2---2----0----2---2----0----0--|
B|--2---2---3----3----3---3----0----0--|
G|--2---2---2----2----2---4----2----1--|
D|--2---4---4----2----0---4----2----2--|
A|--0---4---2----0--------2----2----2--|
E|------2----------------------0----0--|