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Introduction: G C7 G D9#5
G/D C7 G/D C7#5
I studied all the pictures in magazines and books
G F/A Bb7 G/B
I memorised the subway map too
C Eb9(5-) Eb7
It's one block north to Macy's and two to Brothers Brooks
G/D Dº7 D/11 D7(9-) D7
Manhattan, I prepared for you
G/D C7 G/D C7#5
You certainly are different from what they have back home
G F/A Bb7 G/B G7/B
Where nothing's over three stories high
C Eb9#11 Eb7
And no one's in a hurry or wants to roam
G/D Dº7 Am7 D7
But I do, though they wonder why_______
B9 Bb7 C/G
They said I would soon be good and lonely
Am6 Bb7 Ebm
They said I would sing the homesick blues
Ebº7 F7/Eb Bb/D
So I always have this ticket in my pocket
F#m7(5-)
A ticket home in my pocket
A7(5-)
To do with as I choose
Ab6
Burn the bridge,
Eb7#5
bet the store
Ab7 Db7 Bb7
Baby's coming home no more
Eb7 Ab6 Bº7 Gm7b5/Bb Eb+
Not for the life of me
Ab Ab6
Break the lock,
Eb7#5
post my bail
Ab7 Db7 Bb7
Done my time, I'm outta jail
Eb7 Ab Ab7 Abº7 Bbm7b5/Ab Ab
Not for the life of me
Em6 B7 Em6 B7
A life that's gotta be more than a one-light town
Em6 C7 Em6
Where the light is always red
E7
Gotta be more than an old ghost town
A7 Bb7 Eb9
Where the ghost ain't even dead
Ab6 Eb9
Clap-a-your hands, just-a-because
Cm7(5-) Ab7 Db7 Bb7
Don't you know that where I am ain't where I was
Eb9 Cm7(5-) F7
Not for the life of me
Bb7
Boh-doh-dee-oh
Eb7 Ab7
Not for the life of
Db Dº7 Ab/Eb
Not for the life of
E7 Eb9 Ab Bb Ab7#5 Ab
Not for the life of me!