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Garrison Starr - Empire State Building
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C G   C G      C G
[Verse 1]
It's a Cview to the Gtop
Of the DEmpire State CBuildingG  C  G  
Showed Cyou the Gworld
From a Ddifferent perCspectiveG  C  G  
[Chorus]
It didn't Dmean as much to Emyou as it Cdid to meG  C  G  
It didn't Dmean as much to Emyou as it Cdid to meG  C  G  C  G  
[Verse 2]
I Ctripped over Gyou
At a Dbar in New COrleansG  C  G  
You were Cbigger than Glife
DNothing's been the Csame sinceG  C  G  
[Chorus]
But it didn't Dmean to Emyou what it Cmeant to meG  C  G  
No, it didn't Dmean to Emyou what it Cmeant to meG  C  G  
[Bridge]
DLove Gchained Cme
So Gcruel and unBmkind_C__
Yeah, I GknowC  G  
[Instrumental]
G     D   G     Bm  C  G   C G
[Verse 3]
CSo, here we Gare
DCaught somewhere Cin betweenG  C  G  
In CBrooklyn, New GYork
DNashville, CTennesseeG  C  G  
[Chorus]
Nothing is Dclear to Emyou like it's Cclear to meG  C  G  
Oh, nothing was ever Dclear to Emyou like it's Cclear to meG  C  G  C  G  
[Outro]
It's a Cview to the Gtop
Of the DEmpire State CBuildingG  C  G  

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Empire State Building

by Garrison Starr

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Garrison Starr - Empire State Building

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[Intro]

C G C G C G

[Verse 1]

C G

It's a view to the top

D C G C G

Of the Empire State Building

C G

Showed you the world

D C G C G

From a different perspective

[Chorus]

D Em C G C G

It didn't mean as much to you as it did to me

D Em C G C G C G

It didn't mean as much to you as it did to me

[Verse 2]

C G

I tripped over you

D C G C G

At a bar in New Orleans

C G

You were bigger than life

D C G C G

Nothing's been the same since

[Chorus]

D Em C G C G

But it didn't mean to you what it meant to me

D Em C G C G

No, it didn't mean to you what it meant to me

[Bridge]

D G C

Love chained me

G Bm C

So cruel and unkind___

G C G

Yeah, I know

[Instrumental]

G D G Bm C G C G

[Verse 3]

C G

So, here we are

D C G C G

Caught somewhere in between

C G

In Brooklyn, New York

D C G C G

Nashville, Tennessee

[Chorus]

D Em C G C G

Nothing is clear to you like it's clear to me

D Em C G C G C G

Oh, nothing was ever clear to you like it's clear to me

[Outro]

C G

It's a view to the top

D C G C G

Of the Empire State Building

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