{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2377393,"song":"Empire State Of Mind","artist":"Ed Sheeran","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2377393-empire-state-of-mind-chords-by-ed-sheeran/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2377393?type=chord","rating":4.75298,"votes":3,"content":"Ed Sheeran plays this in half-step down tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)\r\nbut this tab is for standard tuning (E A D G B e).\r\nYou can transpose up one half-step if you want to play this in the\r\noriginal tuning. Use standard tuning chord shapes.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm outta Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca[/tab]\r\n \r\nRight next to De Niro, where I'll be hood forever\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm the new Sinatra, and since I've made it here[/tab]\r\n \r\nPeople love me everywhere, yeah they love me anywhere\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's[/tab]\r\n \r\nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTook it to my stash spot, 560 State Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nCatch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCruisin' down on 8th Street, off-white Lexus[/tab]\r\n\r\nDrivin' so slow,but BK is from Texas\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMe, I'm at that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow I live on billboard and I brought my boys with me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nSay, \"What up?\" to Ty-Ty, still sipping Mai Tai[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSitting courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high fives[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nHomey, I'll be Spiked out, I could trip a referee[/tab]\r\n\r\nTell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from...\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   There's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   These streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Big lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCatch me at the X with OG I'm at a Yankee game[/tab]\r\n \r\nYeah, I made the Yankee hat more famous then a Yankee can\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou should know I bleed blue, but I'm not a Crip though[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I've got a gang of people rolling with my clique yo\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWelcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rock[/tab]\r\n \r\nAfrica Bambata stuff, home of the hip-hop\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar back, holla back[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor foreigners that ain't fifty They forgot how to act\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nEight million stories out there and they are all naked[/tab]\r\n\r\nCity is a pity, half of you all won't make it\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMe, I got a plug, Special Ed I got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf Jesus paying Le Bron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade\r\n \r\n \r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThree card, Cee-lo, Three dice, Monte[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLabour Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nStatue of Liberty, long live the World Trade[/tab]\r\n\r\nLong live the King, yo I'm from the Empire of\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   There's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   These streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Big lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLights is blinding, girls need blinders[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSo they can step out of bounds quick[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThe sidelines is blind with casualties[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSipping life casually, then gradually becoming worse[/tab]\r\n\r\nDon't bite the apple, Eve, caught up in the in crowd\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow you're in style[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nEnd of the winter gets cold, en vogue, with your skin out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nCity full of sin, it's a pity on a whim[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGood girls gone bad, the city's filled with them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLook, Mommy took a bus trip, now she got her bust out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nEverybody ride her, just like a bus route[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church ends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBrought up in school, graduated to the high life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nRap players, ball players, gamblers and limelight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\ngot you feelin' like a champion[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe city never sleeps, take an Ambien\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   In New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   Concrete jungle where dreams are made[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   There's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   These streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Big lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n   One hand in the air for the big city[/tab]\r\n\r\nBig lights, street lights, all looking pretty\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n  No place in the world to compare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                                              [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Put your lighters in the air, everybody say \"Yeah\", say \"Yeah!\"[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   There's nothing you can’t do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Now you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   These streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Big lights will inspire you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York, New York, New York[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Concrete jungle where dreams are made of[/tab]\r\n \r\n   There's nothing you can’t do\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n   Now you’re in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   These streets will make you feel brand new[/tab]\r\n \r\n   Big lights will inspire you\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n   Now you're in New York[/tab]","plain_text":"Ed Sheeran plays this in half-step down tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)\nbut this tab is for standard tuning (E A D G B e).\nYou can transpose up one half-step if you want to play this in the\noriginal tuning. Use standard tuning chord shapes.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n \nRight next to De Niro, where I'll be hood forever\n\n \nPeople love me everywhere, yeah they love me anywhere\n\n \nRight there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's\n\n\n\n\nDrivin' so slow,but BK is from Texas\n\n\nNow I live on billboard and I brought my boys with me\n \n \n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nTell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from...\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Verse 2]\n\n \nYeah, I made the Yankee hat more famous then a Yankee can\n\n\nBut I've got a gang of people rolling with my clique yo\n\n \nAfrica Bambata stuff, home of the hip-hop\n\n\nFor foreigners that ain't fifty They forgot how to act\n\n\nCity is a pity, half of you all won't make it\n\n\nIf Jesus paying Le Bron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade\n \n \n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nLong live the King, yo I'm from the Empire of\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nDon't bite the apple, Eve, caught up in the in crowd\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe city never sleeps, take an Ambien\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Bridge 2]\n\n\nBig lights, street lights, all looking pretty\n\n\n \n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Outro]\n\n\n \n   There's nothing you can’t do\n\n\n \n   Big lights will inspire you","chords":["Eb","Ab","Db","Gb","Bb","E","A","D","G","B","F#","G#m","D#"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}