New York Ukulele tab

	  (intro) A   G   A   Cadd9   G (2x)  (stop) 
        A   G   A   G   Cadd9   G 

(verse 1) 
A       G                  Cadd9   G 
      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 

(verse 2) 
A       G                Cadd9 
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 

(verse 3) 
A       G               Cadd9 
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 

(Chorus 1) 
    Cadd9   G    A             G   Cadd9   G 
new york     new york, new york 
    A          G   Cadd9   G    A 
new york, new york 
 A    G     Cadd9   G 
new york, a-ooo 

(verse 4) 
A                G               Cadd9 
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 

(Chorus 2) 
       A   G      Cadd9      G 
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 

(verse 5) 
A       G              Cadd9   G 
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 

(Chorus 3) 
    Cadd9   G    A      G 
new york        new york 
    Cadd9   G    A              G 
new york        new york, new york 

(verse 6) 
        Cadd9           G 
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 

(Chorus 4) 
Cadd9    G        A   G 
new    new york, new-ooo-ooo 
 Cadd9    G      A   G   A 
new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo 
new york