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[Intro]
 G   C   D   Gx2
[Verse]
GAnother rose wilts Cin East Harlem 
And Duptown downtown, a Gthousand miles between us
GShe's waiting Cfor the night to fall
DLet it fall, I'll Gnever make it in time
[Instrumental]
 G   C   D   Gx2
[Verse - repeat once]
GAnother rose wilts Cin East Harlem 
And Duptown downtown, a Gthousand miles between us
GShe's waiting Cfor the night to fall
DLet it fall, I'll Gnever make it in time
[Bridge]
 G   C   D    Gx2
 G   C   D   Emx3
[Verse - repeat once]
GSound is the color I Cknow, oh
DSound is that keeps me looking Emfor your eyes
And Gsound of your breath in the Ccold
And, oh, the Dsound will bring me Emhome again
[Outro]
 G   C   D   Emx3
G

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East Harlem

by Beirut

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G C D G

[Verse]

G C

Another rose wilts in East Harlem

D G

And uptown downtown, a thousand miles between us

G C

She's waiting for the night to fall

D G

Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

[Instrumental]

G C D G

[Verse - repeat once]

G C

Another rose wilts in East Harlem

D G

And uptown downtown, a thousand miles between us

G C

She's waiting for the night to fall

D G

Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

[Bridge]

G C D G

G C D Em

[Verse - repeat once]

G C

Sound is the color I know, oh

D Em

Sound is that keeps me looking for your eyes

G C

And sound of your breath in the cold

D Em

And, oh, the sound will bring me home again

[Outro]

G C D Em

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