Cifras
New York

                     A      G      A      G      C9      G  
(verse 1)
A                 G                                              C9      G  
                in new york freedom looks like         too many choices
A                 G                                    C9  
  in new york i found a friend
                        G  
to drown out the other voices
A                                                              G  
voices on the cell phone voices from home
C9  
voices through the hard sell
G                                                                            A  
voices down a stairwell in new york
G                                                            C9      G  
  just got a place in new york
(verse 2)
A                 G                                         C9  
in new york summers get hot
G  
well into the hundreds
A                         G                                      C9  
  you can't walk around the block
        G  
without a change of clothing
A                                                 G  
hot as a hair dryer in your face
C9                              G                                                      A  
hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york
     G                                                    C9      G  
i just got a place in new york
     A                      G                      C9      G  
new york (new york) new york
(verse 3)
A                 G                                      C9  
in new york you can forget
        G  
forget how to sit still
A                      G                                              C9  
  tell yourself you will stay in
                        G                                            A      G  
but it's down to alphaville
(chorus 1)
          C9      G         A                                 G      C9      G  
new york            new york, new york
          A                         G      C9      G         A  
new york, new york
  A         G            C9      G  
new york, a-ooo
(verse 4)
A                                         G                                      C9  
the irish 'been coming here for years
G  
feel like they own the place
A                                 G                                                 C9  
  they got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor
             G  
they even got the police
A                                         G  
irish, italians, jews and hispanics
     C9                            G                                                    A  
religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew
                        G                                         C9  
(living) happily not like me and you
                  G  
that's where i lost you
(chorus 2)
                  A      G              C9              G  
in new york      new york, new york
                  A      G              C9              G  
in new york      new york, new york
  A         G            C9            G  
new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
  A         G            C9      G            A              G      C9      G  
new york, a-ooo    -    ooo - ooo-oo-ooo
(verse 5)
A                 G                                    C9      G  
in new york i lost it all to    you and your vices
A                         G                                 C9                      G  
  still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis
A                      G                                 C9            G                                         A  
  i hit an iceberg in my life, you know i'm still afloat
                                     G                                              C9  
you lose your balance, lose your wife
                  G  
in the queue for the lifeboat
                  A                                                              G  
you've got to put the women and children first
          C9                            G  
but you've got an unquenchable thirst for
(chorus 3)
          C9      G         A              G  
new york                    new york
          C9      G         A                                    G  
new york                    new york, new york
(verse 6)
                     C9                            G  
in the stillness of the evening
                        A                                      G  
when the sun has had its day
     C9                                    G  
i heard your voice a-whispering
             A                 G  
come away now
(chorus 4)
C9         G                    A      G  
new         new york, new-ooo-ooo
  C9         G              A      G      A  
new              york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo
new york