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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":872966,"song":"Empire State Of Mind","artist":"Jay-Z","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11603994-empire-state-of-mind-chords-by-jay-z/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/872966?type=chord","rating":4.61949,"votes":90,"content":"Capo 2\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah, Yeah, Im'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca[/tab]\r\n\r\nRight next to DeNiro, But I’ll be hood forever\r\n[tab]            [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nI’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI used to cop in Harlem, all of my dominicanos[/tab]\r\n\r\nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\r\n[tab]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nTook it to my stash spot, Five Sixty Stage street[/tab]\r\n\r\nCatch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCruising down 8th street, off white Lexus[/tab]\r\n\r\nDriving so slow but BK is from Texas\r\n[tab]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nMe I’m up at Bedsty, home of that boy Biggie[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow i live on billboard, and i brought my boys with me\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSay what up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta[/tab]\r\n\r\nSitting court-side Knicks and Nets give me high fives\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nN-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee[/tab]\r\n\r\nTell by my attitude that I most definitely from\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n  \r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nI made you hot n-gga\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCatch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game[/tab]\r\n\r\nSh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nYou should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwelcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rocks[/tab]\r\n\r\nAfrika Bambaataa sh-t, home of the hip hop\r\n[tab]            [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nYellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEight million stories out there and their naked[/tab]\r\n\r\nCities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it\r\n[tab]          [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nMe I gotta plug a special and i got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThree dice Cee-Lo, three card marley\r\n\r\nLabor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nStatue of Liberty, long live the World Trade[/tab]\r\n\r\nLong live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLights is blinding, girls need blinders[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is\r\n[tab][ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nBlind with casualties,who sipping life casually[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple Eve\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCaught up in the in crowd, now your in-style[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out\r\n[tab][ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nThe city of sin is a pity on a whim[/tab]\r\n\r\nGood girls gone bad, the cities filled with them\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nMommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out[/tab]\r\n\r\nEverybody ride her, just like a bus route\r\n[tab][ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nHail Mary to the city your a Virgin[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCame here for school, graduated to the high life[/tab]\r\n\r\nBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMDMA got you feeling like a champion[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne hand in the air for the big city[/tab]\r\n\r\nStreet lights, big dreams all looking pretty\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo place in the World that can compare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                                         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nPut your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah[/tab]\r\nCome on, come, yeah\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNo Capo Version\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYeah, Yeah, Im'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca[/tab]\r\n\r\nRight next to DeNiro, But I’ll be hood forever\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nI’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI used to cop in Harlem, all of my dominicanos[/tab]\r\n\r\nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nTook it to my stash spot, Five Sixty Stage street[/tab]\r\n\r\nCatch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCruising down 8th street, off white Lexus[/tab]\r\n\r\nDriving so slow but BK is from Texas\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nMe I’m up at Bedsty, home of that boy Biggie[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow i live on billboard, and i brought my boys with me\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSay what up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta[/tab]\r\n\r\nSitting court-side Knicks and Nets give me high fives\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nN-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee[/tab]\r\n\r\nTell by my attitude that I most definitely from\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\nThe lights will inspire you\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n  \r\nI made you hot n-gga\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCatch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game[/tab]\r\n\r\nSh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nwelcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rocks[/tab]\r\n\r\nAfrika Bambaataa sh-t, home of the hip hop\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nYellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back[/tab]\r\nFor foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nEight million stories out there and their naked[/tab]\r\n\r\nCities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nMe I gotta plug a special and i got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThree dice Cee-Lo, three card marley\r\n\r\nLabor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nStatue of Liberty, long live the World Trade[/tab]\r\n\r\nLong live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\nThe lights will inspire you\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLights is blinding, girls need blinders[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nBlind with casualties,who sipping life casually[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple Eve\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCaught up in the in crowd, now your in-style[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe city of sin is a pity on a whim[/tab]\r\n\r\nGood girls gone bad, the cities filled with them\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nMommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out[/tab]\r\n\r\nEverybody ride her, just like a bus route\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nHail Mary to the city your a Virgin[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCame here for school, graduated to the high life[/tab]\r\n\r\nBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMDMA got you feeling like a champion[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\nThe lights will inspire you\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nOne hand in the air for the big city[/tab]\r\n\r\nStreet lights, big dreams all looking pretty\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nNo place in the World that can compare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]                                         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPut your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah[/tab]\r\nCome on, come, yeah\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nIn New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\nThere's nothing you can’t do\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThese streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\nThe lights will inspire you\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nLet's here it for New York, New York, New York[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nRight next to DeNiro, But I’ll be hood forever\n\n\nI can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere\n\n\nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\n\n\nCatch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry\n\n\nDriving so slow but BK is from Texas\n\n\nNow i live on billboard, and i brought my boys with me\n\n\nSitting court-side Knicks and Nets give me high fives\n\n\nTell by my attitude that I most definitely from\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n[Verse]\n\nI made you hot n-gga\n\n\nSh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can\n\n\nBut I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though\n\n\nAfrika Bambaataa sh-t, home of the hip hop\n\n\nFor foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act\n\n\nCities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it\n\n\n\nThree dice Cee-Lo, three card marley\n\nLabor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,\n\n\nLong live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nSo they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is\n\n\nThen gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple Eve\n\n\nAnd in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out\n\n\nGood girls gone bad, the cities filled with them\n\n\nEverybody ride her, just like a bus route\n\n\nAnd Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends\n\n\nBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight\n\n\nThe city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\nStreet lights, big dreams all looking pretty\n\n\nCome on, come, yeah\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo Capo Version\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nRight next to DeNiro, But I’ll be hood forever\n\n\nI can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere\n\n\nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\n\n\nCatch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry\n\n\nDriving so slow but BK is from Texas\n\n\nNow i live on billboard, and i brought my boys with me\n\n\nSitting court-side Knicks and Nets give me high fives\n\n\nTell by my attitude that I most definitely from\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nThere's nothing you can’t do\n\n\nThe lights will inspire you\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n  \nI made you hot n-gga\n\n\nSh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can\n\n\nBut I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though\n\n\nAfrika Bambaataa sh-t, home of the hip hop\n\nFor foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act\n\n\nCities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it\n\n\n\nThree dice Cee-Lo, three card marley\n\nLabor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,\n\n\nLong live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nThere's nothing you can’t do\n\n\nThe lights will inspire you\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nSo they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is\n\n\nThen gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple Eve\n\n\nAnd in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out\n\n\nGood girls gone bad, the cities filled with them\n\n\nEverybody ride her, just like a bus route\n\n\nAnd Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends\n\n\nBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight\n\n\nThe city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nThere's nothing you can’t do\n\n\nThe lights will inspire you\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\nStreet lights, big dreams all looking pretty\n\n\nCome on, come, yeah\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nThere's nothing you can’t do\n\n\nThe lights will inspire you","chords":["E","Amaj7","Bb","B","G#","A","C#m","F#","Bmaj7","C#","D#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}