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New York City Serenade-Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:BlindTerry333@gmail.com
Tuning:EADGBE
[Intro]
P.H. P.H. P.H
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P.H.
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[Verse]
A F#m Bm D
Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks
A F#m Bm D
Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac
A F#m Bm D
Diamond Jackie she's so intact
A F#m Bm D
As she falls so softly beneath him
Bm
Jackie's heels are stacked
F#m
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Bm
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway
F#m
And come back home with their loot
Bm
It's midnight in Manhattan
D
This is no time to get cute
E
It's a mad dogs promenade
A F#m Bm
So walk tall
D A F#m Bm D
Or baby, don't walk at all
[Verse]
A F#m
Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady
Bm D
She baits them tenament walls
A F#m
She wont take corner boys, they ain't got no money
Bm D
And they're so easy
A
I said hey babe, I’m easy
F#m Bm D
Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway
Saxaphone
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A F#m Bm D
Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah
A
I'm a young man I talk it real loud
F#m Bm
Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya
D
Ah, so shake it away
A F#m
So shake away your street life, shake away your city life
Bm
And hook up to the train
D
Ah, hook up to the night train
A F#m Bm D
Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train
But I know that she...
[Bridge]
Bm
Won't take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
No, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
A F#m
Baby, so long
Bm D A F#m Bm D
Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk
A F#m
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man
Bm D
Ah, play me your serenade
A F#m Bm D
Any deeper blue, you'll be playing in your grave
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the darlin' blues, boy
Bm
Straight for the church note ringin'
D
Vibes man sting a trashcan
E
Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man
E
listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man
[Chorus]
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
He's singing, singing
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
All dressed up in satin walking down the alley
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m Bm D until end
Saxaphone
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E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|New York City Serenade chords and lyrics
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[Intro]
P.H. P.H. P.H
[Verse]
[Verse]
But I know that she...
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
A F#m Bm D until endNew York City Serenade Chords by Bruce Springsteen
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