Prefab Sprout – Hey Manhattan (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: "From Langley Park to Memphis" (19889 Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm9      x-2-0-2-2-2
G#m7     4-6-4-4-4-4
C#6      x-4-3-3-2-x
Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0
Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2
C#7      x-4-6-4-6-4
C#       x-4-6-6-6-4
Amaj7    x-0-2-1-2-0
A7       x-0-2-0-2-0
Dmaj7    x-x-0-2-2-2
A/C#     x-4-2-2-2(0)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | A | % | Bm7 | % | | A | % | Bm7 | % | [Verse 1]
Bm9                         
Guess what! Summer's arrived 

G#m7                        C#6
   I feel the world's on my side

Esus4
The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me

Bm7                   E        [Bm9]
  A billion souls all dying to know me
[Verse 2]
Bm9                         
Well here I am! Loaded with promise

G#m7               C#6
  And knee deep in grace

Esus4
What I want is here on my face and

Bm7             E                 
  I feel like I own the whole damn (place)
[Chorus]
A                     C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am! 

F#m7                      C#
Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.

Bm7
  Strolling Fifth Avenue

E                         E7        A
  Just to think Sinatra's been here too

      Amaj7    A7      Dmaj7                    A/C# [?]
These myths we can't undo, they lie in wait for you

   E                      
We live them till they're ...

A                       Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo  

A                    Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo 
[Verse 3]
Bm9                         
  Someday's you've got to get outside 

G#m7                   C#6
  Look there's "The Carlyle"

Esus4
  That's the place where Kennedy stayed,

Bm7                          E               [Bm9]
  And where were you when he died ?
(Yeah some things are slow to fade) [Verse 4]
Bm9                         
  There they were - Loaded with promise

G#m7           C#6
  Knee deep in fate

Esus4
  When what you want shows on your face

Bm7               E              
  All that's left litters the whole damn (place)
[Chorus]
A                     C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am! 

F#m7                   C#
Call it bad luck Uncle Sam.

Bm7
  Scrounging Fifth Avenue

E                              E7        A
  Just to think the poor could live here too

    Amaj7    A7      Dmaj7                     A/C# [?]
But what are they to do? These myths belong to you,

   E                      
We live them till they're ...

A                       Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo  

A                    Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo 
[Coda] [instrumental coda]