Steve Earle – Nyc (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chord Voicings]
 Bb F  C 
-1--1--3-
-3--1--5-
-3--2--5-
-3--3--5-
-1--3--3-
-x--1--x-
[Intro] |Bb F |C F |Bb F |C | |Bb F |C F |Bb F |C | [Verse]
       Bb              F                  C              F
He was standing on the highway, somewhere way out in the sticks

   Bb             F               C
Guitar across his shoulder like a 30.06

       Bb            F                  C               F
He was staring in my headlights, when I come around the bend

        Bb       F                C
Climbed up on my shotgun side and told me with a grin
[Chorus]
    Bb       F        C        F
I’m goin’ to New York City

     Bb           F                C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds

  Bb        F         C       F
I heard the girls are pretty

      Bb                F                C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Verse]
       Bb               F              C         F
He was cold and wet and hungry, but he never did complain

          Bb     F                      C
Said he’d come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain

   Bb            F                  C                F
He had a hundred stories about, the places that he’d been

     Bb            F                C
He’d hang around a little while and hit the road again
[Chorus]
    Bb       F        C        F
I’m goin’ to New York City

     Bb           F                C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds

  Bb        F         C       F
I heard the girls are pretty

      Bb                F                C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Verse]
          Bb               F                C            F
See, I’ve been to New York City, seems like it was yesterday

      Bb              F              C
I was standing like a pilgrim on the great white way

    Bb                F                C                F
The girls were really pretty, but they wouldn’t talk to me

  Bb               F          C
I held out about a week, went back to Tennessee
[Verse]
      Bb               F               C                 F
So, I thought I better warn him, as he climbed out of my car

Bb                   F            C
Grabbed his battered suitcase and shouldered his guitar

  Bb              F             C               F
I knew I was just jealous, if I didn’t wish him well

  Bb                F             C
I slipped the kid a twenty, said, Billy give'm hell
[Chorus]
    Bb       F        C        F
I’m goin’ to New York City

     Bb           F                C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds

  Bb        F         C       F
I heard the girls are pretty

      Bb                F                C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Chorus again]
    Bb       F        C        F
I’m goin’ to New York City

     Bb           F           C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds

  Bb        F         C       F
I heard the girls are pretty

      Bb                F                C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town