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New York City

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Intro (power chords, listen and slide with the rythm)
E5   D5x4
E5Broadway lights and taxi cabsD5  
E5Everybody's moving fastD5  
E5Uptown, downtown, what's your D5thing?
E5She can take what she can brinD5g
CShe gave me a liAmfe
EmCame up through the inner city
CShe raised me up aAmnd taught me to fight, Emyeah
CShe opened my mindAm  
EmI got to the knitty gritty
CThe greatest time Amthat you'll ever fBind
EmShe is my heartD  
I lCove New York DCity
EmShe's lived and dDied
So many tCimes, yeDah!
EmLife is always Dtough
On New York CCity, oh lDord
EmBut she is fineD, she always survCives, yeaDh!
E5She's a queen that stands her groD5und
E5Nobody can take her dowD5n
E5Good times, bad times, she can swD5ang
E5And did anyone a thanD5g
CShe is a roAmck
EmAs we pull but she is steady
CAnd no one can take her Amfreedom away, Emyeah
(Can't take her freedom)
CI love her styleAm  
EmWhether she is clean or dirty
CShe's the greatest town Amthat you'll ever find, Byeah!
EmShe is my heartD  
I lCove New York DCity
EmShe's lived and dDied
So many tCimes, yeDah!
EmLife is always Dtough
On New York CCity, oh lDord
EmBut she is fineD, she always survCives, yeaDh!
EmYou know she's my heartD  
I really lCove New York CDity
EmShe's lived and dieDd
so many tCimesD  
EmYou know life can be real tDough
On my New York CCityD  
EmBut she's fine, Dshe always suCrvives YeDah!
EmShe is my heartD  
I lCove New York DCity
EmShe's lived and dDied
So many tCimes, yeDah!
EmLife is always Dtough
On New York CCity, oh lDord
EmBut she is fineD, she always survCives, yeaDh!
EmShe is my heartD  
I lCove New York DCity
EmShe's lived and dDied
So many tCimes, yeDah!
EmLife is always Dtough
On New York CCity, oh lDord
EmBut she is fineD, she always survCives, yeaDh!
E5   D5(intro)
same chords til the end
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About New York City Chords by Lenny Kravitz

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