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Hey Manhattan Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Prefab Sprout
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                Hey Manhattan! - Prefab Sprout
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Tuning: Standard

Prefab Sprout 
Hey Manhattan! (1988) 
(McAloon)



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CHORDS

         e-B-G-D-A-E
Bm7/9    2-2-2-0-2-x
G#m7     4-4-4-4-6-4
C#6      x-2-3-3-4-x
Esus4    x-x-2-2-2-0
Bm7      2-3-2-4-2-x
C#7      4-6-4-6-4-x
C#       4-6-6-6-4-x
Amaj7    0-2-1-2-0-x
A7       0-2-0-2-0-x
Dmaj7    2-2-2-0-x-x
A/C#     x-2-2-2-4-x

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INTRO
| A | % | Bm7 | % | 
| A | % | Bm7 | % | 


Bm7/9                       
Guess what! Summer's arrived 
G#m7                        C#6
   I feel the world's on my side
Esus4
The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me
Bm7                   E        [Bm7/9]
  A billion souls all dying to know me

Bm7/9                       
Well here I am! Loaded with promise
G#m7               C#6
  And knee deep in grace
Esus4
What I want is here on my face and
Bm7             E                 
  I feel like I own the whole damn (place)


A                     C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am! 
F#m7                      C#
Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
  Strolling Fifth Avenue
E                         E7        A
  Just to think Sinatra's been here too
      Amaj7    A7      Dmaj7                   A/C# [?]
These myths we can't undo they lie in wait for you
   E                      
We live them till they're ...
A                       Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo. 
A                    Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo.


Bm7/9                       
  Someday's you've got to get outside 
G#m7                   C#6
  Look there's "The Carlyle"
Esus4
  That's the place where Kennedy stayed,
Bm7                          E               [Bm7/9]
  And where were you when he died ?
               (Yeah some things are slow to fade.)
Bm7/9                       
  There they were - Loaded with promise
G#m7           C#6
  Knee deep in fate
Esus4
  When what you want shows on your face
Bm7               E              
  All that's left litters the whole damn (place)


A                     C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am! 
F#m7                   C#
Call it bad luck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
  Scrounging Fifth Avenue
E                              E7        A
  Just to think the poor could live here too
    Amaj7    A7      Dmaj7                     A/C# [?]
But what are they to do? These myths belong to you,
   E                      
We live them till they're ...
A                       Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo. 
A                    Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo.


[Instrumental coda]
            
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