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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
A #32 hit for the Tradewinds (probably a studio aggregation) in March,
1965; remade over a decade later by Dave Edmunds as 'London's A Lonely
Town'.  -- AWR
                       "New York's A Lonely Town"
                    (Pete Andreoli - Vinnie Poncia)
Intro:
	         Cmaj7             F/C[2X]
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Verse 2:
	Cmaj7My folks moved F/Cto New York from CaliCmaj7forniaF/C  
	Cmaj7I should have F/Clistened when my buddy said "I Gsus4warn Gya Gsus4(warn yGa)
	FThere'll F6be no Fmaj7surfin' tF6here
	Cmaj7And no one eA7ven cares"
Chorus:
	 Dm7[N.C.]     G7  
	My woody's outside
	                         Cmaj7   A7[N.C.]
	Covered with snow (nowhere to go now)
	New York's a lDm7onely tG7own
	    Dm7WG7hen you're the Dm7only G7surfer Ebmaj7boyDm7  G7  
	ACmaj7roundF/C  
Verse 2:
	From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way
	I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (Broadway)
	I feel so bad each time
	I look out there and find
[repeat chorus]
Break:
	  Ebmaj7/  /  /  /   Fm7/  /  Bb7/  /
	  Ebmaj7/  /  /  /   Dm7/  /  G7/  /
[repeat last two lines of verse 2]
[repeat chorus]
Coda (repeat to fade):
	  Cmaj7/  /  /  /   F/C/  /  /  /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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New Yorks A Lonely Town

by Tradewinds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

F/C

Gsus4

Fmaj7

Dm7

Ebmaj7

Fm7

Bb7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

A #32 hit for the Tradewinds (probably a studio aggregation) in March,

1965; remade over a decade later by Dave Edmunds as 'London's A Lonely

Town'. -- AWR

"New York's A Lonely Town"

(Pete Andreoli - Vinnie Poncia)

Intro:

Cmaj7 F/C

[2X]

/ / / / / / / /

Verse 2:

Cmaj7 F/C Cmaj7 F/C

My folks moved to New York from California

Cmaj7 F/C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

I should have listened when my buddy said "I warn ya (warn ya)

F F6 Fmaj7 F6

There'll be no surfin' there

Cmaj7 A7

And no one even cares"

Chorus:

Dm7 C G7

[N..]

My woody's outside

Cmaj7 A7 C

[N..]

Covered with snow (nowhere to go now)

Dm7 G7

New York's a lonely town

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7

When you're the only surfer boy

Cmaj7 F/C

Around

Verse 2:

From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way

I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (Broadway)

I feel so bad each time

I look out there and find

[repeat chorus]

Break:

Ebmaj7 Fm7 Bb7

/ / / / / / / /

Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7

/ / / / / / / /

[repeat last two lines of verse 2]

[repeat chorus]

Coda (repeat to fade):

Cmaj7 F/C

/ / / / / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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