Ed Sheeran – Empire State Of Mind (Guitar)

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Ed Sheeran plays this in half-step down tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb) but this tab is for standard tuning (E A D G B e). You can transpose up one half-step if you want to play this in the original tuning. Use standard tuning chord shapes. [Verse 1]
                 B
Yeah I'm outta Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, where I'll be hood forever
              E
I'm the new Sinatra, and since I've made it here
People love me everywhere, yeah they love me anywhere
                 B
I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's
Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's
              E
Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street

                F#
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry

              B
Cruisin' down on 8th Street, off-white Lexus
Drivin' so slow,but BK is from Texas
                E
Me, I'm at that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on billboard and I brought my boys with me [Pre-Chorus]
F#             G#m
Say, "What up?" to Ty-Ty, still sipping Mai Tai

             F#
Sitting courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high fives

           D#
Homey, I'll be Spiked out, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from... [Chorus]
   E
   New York

   F#                               G#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

                       B
   There's nothing you can’t do

                 E
   Now you’re in New York

F#                                  G#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new

                      B
   Big lights will inspire you

                 E
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York
[Verse 2]
F#              B
Catch me at the X with OG I'm at a Yankee game
Yeah, I made the Yankee hat more famous then a Yankee can
                  E
You should know I bleed blue, but I'm not a Crip though
But I've got a gang of people rolling with my clique yo
F#             B
Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rock
Africa Bambata stuff, home of the hip-hop
            E
Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar back, holla back
For foreigners that ain't fifty They forgot how to act
  F#              B
Eight million stories out there and they are all naked
City is a pity, half of you all won't make it
           E
Me, I got a plug, Special Ed I got it made
If Jesus paying Le Bron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade [Pre-Chorus]
F#     G#m
Three card, Cee-lo, Three dice, Monte

            F#
Labour Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley

          D#
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade
Long live the King, yo I'm from the Empire of [Chorus]
   E
   New York

   F#                               G#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

                       B
   There's nothing you can’t do

                 E
   Now you’re in New York

F#                                  G#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new

                      B
   Big lights will inspire you

                 E
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York
[Bridge 1]
E
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders

   F#
So they can step out of bounds quick

                  G#m
The sidelines is blind with casualties

                                B
Sipping life casually, then gradually becoming worse
Don't bite the apple, Eve, caught up in the in crowd
E
Now you're in style

           F#
End of the winter gets cold, en vogue, with your skin out

    G#m
City full of sin, it's a pity on a whim

     B
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them

E
Look, Mommy took a bus trip, now she got her bust out

F#
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route

G#m
And hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin

    B
And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church ends

E
Brought up in school, graduated to the high life

F#
Rap players, ball players, gamblers and limelight

D#
got you feelin' like a champion
The city never sleeps, take an Ambien [Chorus]
      E
   In New York

   F#                               G#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made

                       B
   There's nothing you can’t do

                 E
   Now you’re in New York

F#                                  G#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new

                      B
   Big lights will inspire you

                 E
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York
[Bridge 2]
E
   One hand in the air for the big city
Big lights, street lights, all looking pretty
F#
  No place in the world to compare

G#m                                              D#
  Put your lighters in the air, everybody say "Yeah", say "Yeah!"
[Chorus]
   E
   New York

   F#                               G#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

                       B
   There's nothing you can’t do

                 E
   Now you’re in New York

F#                                  G#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new

                      B
   Big lights will inspire you

                 E                   F#
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York
[Outro]
   G#m
   New York

   F#                               E
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can’t do
                 G#m
   Now you’re in New York

F#                                  E
   These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
                 E        F#
   Now you're in New York

                 G#m      B
   Now you're in New York

                 E        F#
   Now you're in New York