U2 – New York (Guitar)

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============= A (x02220) G (320033) Cadd9 (x32030) INTRO: A G A Cadd9 G A G A Cadd9 G (stop) A G A G Cadd9 G
		A       G                  Cadd9   G
VERSE 1:         in new york freedom looks like    too many choices

		A       G              Cadd9
		 in new york i found a friend

		         G
		to drown out the other voices

		A                        G
		voices on the cell phone voices from home

		Cadd9
		voices through the hard sell

		G                             A
		voices down a stairwell in new york

		G                       Cadd9   G
		 just got a place in new york

		A       G                Cadd9
VERSE 2:         in new york summers get hot

		G
		well into the hundreds

		A          G               Cadd9
		 you can't walk around the block

		   G                      
		without a change of clothing

		A                   G
		hot as a hair dryer in your face

		Cadd9            G                     A
		hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york

		  G                    Cadd9   G
		i just got a place in new york

		  A         G         Cadd9   G
		new york (new york) new york

		A       G               Cadd9
VERSE 3:         in new york you can forget

		   G
		forget how to sit still

		A         G                  Cadd9
		 tell yourself you will stay in

		         G                 A   G
		but it's down to alphaville

		    Cadd9   G    A             G   Cadd9   G
CHORUS 1:       new york     new york, new york

		    A          G   Cadd9   G    A
		new york, new york

		 A    G     Cadd9   G
		new york, a-ooo

		A                G               Cadd9
VERSE 4:         the irish 'been coming here for years

		G
		feel like they own the place

		A             G                   Cadd9
		 they got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor

		     G
		they even got the police

		A                G
		irish, italians, jews and hispanics

		  Cadd9           G                    A
		religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew

		         G                Cadd9
		(living) happily not like me and you

		       G
		that's where i lost you

		       A   G      Cadd9      G
CHORUS 2:       in new york   new york, new york

		       A   G      Cadd9      G
		in new york   new york, new york

		 A    G     Cadd9     G
		new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo

		 A    G     Cadd9   G     A      G   Cadd9   G
		new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo

		A       G              Cadd9   G  
VERSE 5:         in new york i lost it all to  you and your vices

		A          G             Cadd9         G   
		 still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis

		A         G             Cadd9     G                A
		 i hit an iceberg in my life, you know i'm still afloat

		              G                  Cadd9
		you lose your balance, lose your wife

		       G
		in the queue for the lifeboat

		       A                        G
		you've got to put the women and children first

		    Cadd9           G                         
		but you've got an unquenchable thirst for

		    Cadd9   G    A      G
CHORUS 3:       new york        new york

		    Cadd9   G    A              G
		new york        new york, new york

		        Cadd9           G
VERSE 6:        in the stillness of the evening

		         A               G
		when the sun has had its day

		  Cadd9              G
		i heard your voice a-whispering

		     A       G
		come away now

                   Cadd9    G        A   G
CHORUS 4:       new    new york, new-ooo-ooo

		 Cadd9    G      A   G   A 
		new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo
new york -rigs-