Key: A
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
G
D
VERSE
A
I remember it like it was yesterday
G
Dm/F
Snow in the park and skaters on the ice
E
D
Long black cars standing side-by-side
A/C#
G/B
D
Loading up the boys at night
VERSE
A
Turned up our collars to the chill of the wind
G
Dm/F
Caught an innocent smile from a taxi at the lights
E
D
Not something you'd see on a New York street
A/C#
G/B
D
It's such an uncommon sight
Chorus
Bb
C
But I wouldn't have it any other way
F/A
Bb
A7/C#
Dm
This city's got a thing about it, don't try to understand it
D
Gm
New York City I'd really like to stay
C9
New York City I wouldn't have you
Bb
F/A
Eb
C/E
F
I wouldn't have you any other way
Instrumental
A
G
D
A
G
D
VERSE
A
Oh the subway rumbled underneath
G
Dm/F
Italian lights where Joey Gallo died
E
D
And the man on the door down at 54's
A/C#
G/B
D
Is letting only the pretty inside
VERSE
A
I'd wake with a stranger under the covers
G
Dm/F
Late in the day and longing for the night
E
D
Just like the snowfall there's so many bodies
A/C#
G/B
D
But somehow it feels so right
Chorus
Bb
C
But I wouldn't have it any other way
F/A
Bb
A7/C#
Dm
This city's got a thing about it, don't try to understand it
D
Gm
New York City I'd really like to stay
C9
New York City I wouldn't have you
Bb
F/A
Eb
C/E
F
I wouldn't have you any other way
BRIDGE
Dm
A7
And I can feel the magic
Dm
A7
And read a million lips
Bb
F/A
No amount of what might happen
Eb
Bb/D
F
Will ever sink this ship
Instrumental
A
G7
F7
E
D
A/C#
G/B
D
(Synth solo)
A
G7
F7
E
D
A/C#
G/B
D
Chorus
Bb
C
But I wouldn't have it any other way
F/A
Bb
A7/C#
Dm
This city's got a thing about it, don't try to understand it
D
Gm
New York City I'd really like to stay
C9
New York City I wouldn't have you
Bb
F/A
I wouldn't have you
Bb
F/A
Eb
C/E
F
I wouldn't have you any other way
Bb
F/A
I wouldn't have you
Bb
F/A
Eb
C/E
F
Bb/F
F
Bb/F
F
Any other way
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