Tono: A
B
A6
The first to put a simple truth in words
B
E9
Binds the world in a feeling all familiar
A7M
B
'Cause everybody owns the great ideas
A6
E9
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
Antenna up and out into New York
B
E9
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
A7M
B
And oh, my giddy aunt, New York can talk
A6
E9
It's the modern Rome where folk are nice to Yoko
B
Every bone of rivet steel
A6
Each corner stone and angle
B
Jenga jut and rusted water tower
E9
Pillar post and sign
A7M
B
Every painted line and battered ladder building in this town
A6
E9
Sings a life of proud endeavour and the best that man can be
B
A6
Me I see a city and I hear a million voices
B
E9
Planning, drilling, welding, carrying their fingers to the nub
A7M
Reaching down into the ground
B
Stretching up into the sky
Why?
A6
Because they can
They did and do
E9
So you and I could live together
A6
Oh my god, New York can talk
B
E9
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
A7M
B
Everybody owns the great ideas
A6
E9
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
Oh my god, New York can talk
B
E9
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
A7M
B
Everybody owns the great's ideas
A6
E9
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
Oh my god, New York can talk
B
E9
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
A7M
B
Everybody owns the great's ideas
A6
E9
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
The desire in the patchwork symphony
B
E9
The desire like a distant storm
A7M
For love
B
Did it come from me
A6
E9
'Cause it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
Oh my god, New York can talk
B
E9
Somewhere in all that talk is all the answers
A7M
B
Everybody owns the great ideas
A6
E9
And it feels like there's a big one round the corner
B
A6
The way the day begins
B
E9
Decides the shade of everything
A7M
B
But the way it ends depends on if you're home
A6
E9
For every soul a pillow and a window, please
A6
E9
In the modern Rome where folk are nice to Yoko
B
A6
B