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Intro: Em, G, D,          Am  Em  
Verse: 
In the city, she Gwakes, before the break of Dday, 
Cold water on her Amface, so lonelyEm  
Between the glass and Gknife, she'd like to start a Dfire, 
She'd burn the city Amdown, she'd burn it all for Clove
Chorus:
Can you see the Gpeople, staring at the Dsteeples
Wondering why they're Amso lonely, Cso lonely?
Can you hear their Gvoices, joining in a Dchorus,
Wondering why it's Amso lovely, Cso lovely?
Em, G, D,           Am  Em  
Verse:
In the city, she Gwakes, the smoke is cleared Daway, 
The fire's just a Amflame, still breathing,Em  
She made a big Gdebut on Fifth DAvenue, 
Then the village voice Amreview took the fire from her Ceyes
Chorus:
Can you see the Gpeople, staring at the Dsteeples
Wondering why they're Amso lonely, Cso lonely?
Can you hear their Gvoices, joining in a Dchorus,
Wondering why it's Amso lovely, Cso lovely?
Em, G, D,           Am  Am  
We're walking right Cbeside the ones we used to Gfight, 
The flag is waving Emwhite, the flDag is waving wAmhite,
We see for the first Ctime, when we stop the Gfight,
The flag is waving Emwhite, the flDag is waving wChite
Chorus: 
Can you see the Gpeople, staring at the Dsteeples
Wondering why they're Amso lonely, Cso lonely?
Can you hear their Gvoices, joining in a Dchorus,
Wondering why it's Amso lovely, Cso lovely?
G, D, Am,     C  
This is a beautiful song so enjoy :)

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Manhattan

by War

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords Relative to capo, move the capo to whatever suits your vocal range.

Em G D Am Em

Intro: , , ,

Verse:

G D

In the city, she wakes, before the break of day,

Am Em

Cold water on her face, so lonely

G D

Between the glass and knife, she'd like to start a fire,

Am C

She'd burn the city down, she'd burn it all for love

Chorus:

G D

Can you see the people, staring at the steeples

Am C

Wondering why they're so lonely, so lonely?

G D

Can you hear their voices, joining in a chorus,

Am C

Wondering why it's so lovely, so lovely?

Em G D Am Em

, , ,

Verse:

G D

In the city, she wakes, the smoke is cleared away,

Am Em

The fire's just a flame, still breathing,

G D

She made a big debut on Fifth Avenue,

Am C

Then the village voice review took the fire from her eyes

Chorus:

G D

Can you see the people, staring at the steeples

Am C

Wondering why they're so lonely, so lonely?

G D

Can you hear their voices, joining in a chorus,

Am C

Wondering why it's so lovely, so lovely?

Em G D Am Am

, , ,

C G

We're walking right beside the ones we used to fight,

Em D Am

The flag is waving white, the flag is waving white,

C G

We see for the first time, when we stop the fight,

Em D C

The flag is waving white, the flag is waving white

Chorus:

G D

Can you see the people, staring at the steeples

Am C

Wondering why they're so lonely, so lonely?

G D

Can you hear their voices, joining in a chorus,

Am C

Wondering why it's so lovely, so lovely?

G D Am C

, , ,

This is a beautiful song so enjoy :)

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