Nanci Griffith – Good Night New York (Ukulele)

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Chords

G         D      Bm C
My mother came to America

C                  G         D
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams

G           D
Back in the Thirties

Bm               C
With the streets paved in gold

C        G             D
And the sky laced with moonbeams

C            G          C           G
Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons

C            G                     D
Here in the free world, we're the lucky ones
Chorus:
D         C   G
All of my yearning

G         D
All of my hunger

D          C  G
Maybe I'm learning

G           D
Sometimes I wonder

D           G          F  C
Good night, New York

G          D
Before the Kennedys

Bm         C
Before the Beatles

C          G       D
Before the Vietnam War

G         D         Bm           C
Back to a time when anything was possible

C           G             D
Having less meant knowing more

C             G       C          G
Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts

C           G                    D
Here in the free world, for that second chance

D          G          F   C
Good night,New York

G         D     Bm  C
My mother came to America

C                  G         D
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams

     G           D
And here in the future

Bm          C
I hope I've not failed her

C                   G            D
Cause nothing's the way that it seems
Chorus:
D         C   G
All of my yearning

G         D
All of my hunger

D          C  G
Maybe I'm learning

G           D
Sometimes I wonder

D           G          F  C
Good night, New York