Key: F
Introduction:
Gm C7 F
It time to end my lonely holiday
C7 Fm C
And bid the country a hasty farewell
Gm C7 F
So on this gray and melancholy day
Bº Ab G Ab
I moveto a Manhatan hotel
Bbm7 Eb7 Fm7
I dispose of my rosecolored chattels
Bb7 Eb7M Cm7 C7
And prepare for my share of adventures and battles
F Gm7(b5) F
Here on the twenty seventh floor
Gm7(b5) Db7 C7 F Eb7 Gb F7 C7
Looking down on the city I hate and adore
Melody
Gm Am
Autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 F Dm7 F
Why does it seem so inviting
Gm Am
Autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 Am7 D7 Am7(b5) D7
It spells the thrill of first nighting
Gm7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab Cm
Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel
Dº Cm D7 G7 C
They're making me feel I'm home
C7 Gm Am
It's autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 F Dm7
That brings a the promise of new love
Cm7 Dm
Autumn in New York
Cm7 F7 Bbm Gb Gm7
Is often mingled with pain
Fm C7 Fm Ab7
Dreamers with empty hands
Db Ab7 Db
My sigh for exotic lands
Fm7 Gm Am
It's autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 Fm C7
It's good to live it again
Gm Am
Autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 F Dm7 F
The gleaming rooftops at sundown
Gm Am Gm7 C7
Will tell you that divinel
Am7 D7
Autumn in New York
Am7(b5) D7
It lifts you up when you rundown
Gm7 Bbm7 Eb7
Jaded roués and gay divorcees
Ab Cm
Who lunch at the Ritz
Dº Cm D7 G7 C
Will tell you that it divinel
C+ Gm Am
This autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 F Dm7 F
Transforms the slums into Mayfair
Cm7 Dm
Autumn in New York
Cm7 F7 Bbm Gb Gm7
You'll need no castles in Spain
Fm C7 Fm Db Ab7 Db Fm7
Lovers that bless the dark on benches in Central Park greet
Gm Am
Autumn in New York
Gm7 C7 Fm Gm7 C7
It's good to live it again in New York
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