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Hey Manhattan

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Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm9      x-2-0-2-2-2
G#m7     4-6-4-4-4-4
C#6      x-4-3-3-2-x
Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0
Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2
C#7      x-4-6-4-6-4
C#       x-4-6-6-6-4
Amaj7    x-0-2-1-2-0
A7       x-0-2-0-2-0
Dmaj7    x-x-0-2-2-2
A/C#     x-4-2-2-2(0)
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[Intro]
|  A| % |  Bm7| % | 
|  A| % |  Bm7| % | 
[Verse 1]
Bm9Guess what! Summer's arrived 
   G#m7I feel the world's on my C#6side
Esus4The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me
  Bm7A billion souls all Edying to Bm9know me
[Verse 2]
Bm9Well here I am! Loaded with promise
  G#m7And knee deep in C#6grace
Esus4What I want is here on my face and
  Bm7I feel like I Eown the whole damn (place)
[Chorus]
AHey Manhattan! Here I C#7am! 
F#m7Call me star-struck Uncle C#Sam.
  Bm7Strolling Fifth Avenue
  EJust to think Sinatra's E7been here Atoo
          Amaj7        A7                      Dmaj7   A/C#[?]
These myths we can't undo, they lie in wait for you
We Elive them till they're ...
ATrue, Manhattan, doobie Bm7doo  
AHey Manhattan doobie Bm7doo 
[Verse 3]
  Bm9Someday's you've got to get outside 
  G#m7Look there's "The CarC#6lyle"
  Esus4That's the place where Kennedy stayed,
  Bm7And where were you when he Edied ?Bm9  
[Verse 4]
  Bm9There they were - Loaded with promise
  G#m7Knee deep in C#6fate
  Esus4When what you want shows on your face
  Bm7All that's left Elitters the whole damn (place)
[Chorus]
AHey Manhattan! Here I C#7am! 
F#m7Call it bad luck Uncle C#Sam.
  Bm7Scrounging Fifth Avenue
  EJust to think the poor could E7live here Atoo
        Amaj7        A7                       Dmaj7   A/C#[?]
But what are they to do? These myths belong to you,
We Elive them till they're ...
ATrue, Manhattan, doobie Bm7doo  
AHey Manhattan doobie Bm7doo 
[Coda]
[instrumental coda]

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Hey Manhattan

by Prefab Sprout

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Bm9

G#m7

C#6

Esus4

C#7

F#m7

Amaj7

Dmaj7

A/C#

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Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

Bm9 x-2-0-2-2-2

G#m7 4-6-4-4-4-4

C#6 x-4-3-3-2-x

Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0

Bm7 x-2-4-2-3-2

C#7 x-4-6-4-6-4

C# x-4-6-6-6-4

Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-0

A7 x-0-2-0-2-0

Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2

A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0)

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[Intro]

A Bm7

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A Bm7

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[Verse 1]

Bm9

Guess what! Summer's arrived

G#m7 C#6

I feel the world's on my side

Esus4

The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me

Bm7 E Bm9

A billion souls all dying to know me

[Verse 2]

Bm9

Well here I am! Loaded with promise

G#m7 C#6

And knee deep in grace

Esus4

What I want is here on my face and

Bm7 E

I feel like I own the whole damn (place)

[Chorus]

A C#7

Hey Manhattan! Here I am!

F#m7 C#

Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.

Bm7

Strolling Fifth Avenue

E E7 A

Just to think Sinatra's been here too

Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C#

[?]

These myths we can't undo, they lie in wait for you

We live them till they're ...

A Bm7

True, Manhattan, doobie doo

A Bm7

Hey Manhattan doobie doo

[Verse 3]

Bm9

Someday's you've got to get outside

G#m7 C#6

Look there's "The Carlyle"

Esus4

That's the place where Kennedy stayed,

Bm7 E Bm9

And where were you when he died ?

[Verse 4]

Bm9

There they were - Loaded with promise

G#m7 C#6

Knee deep in fate

Esus4

When what you want shows on your face

Bm7 E

All that's left litters the whole damn (place)

[Chorus]

A C#7

Hey Manhattan! Here I am!

F#m7 C#

Call it bad luck Uncle Sam.

Bm7

Scrounging Fifth Avenue

E E7 A

Just to think the poor could live here too

Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C#

[?]

But what are they to do? These myths belong to you,

We live them till they're ...

A Bm7

True, Manhattan, doobie doo

A Bm7

Hey Manhattan doobie doo

[Coda]

[instrumental coda]

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