Prefab Sprout – Hey Manhattan (Ukulele)
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Chords
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Tabbed by: maguri
Hey Manhattan! (1988)
(McAloon)
From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A Bm9 4-2-2-4 G#m7 1-3-2-2 C#6 1-1-1-1 Esus4 2-2-0-2 Bm7 2-2-2-2 C#7 1-1-1-2 C# 1-1-1-4 Amaj7 1-1-0-0 A7 0-1-0-0 Dmaj7 2-2-2-4 A 2-1-0-0
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INTRO
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VERSE
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
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 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
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
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 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]