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New York Ukulele

(ver. 1)
U2
                              U2 - NEW YORK
                              =============

                               D (x02220)
                               C (320033)
                           Fadd9 (x32030)



INTRO:		D   C   D   Fadd9   C

		D   C   D   Fadd9   C  (stop)

		D   C   D   C   Fadd9   C


		D       C                  Fadd9   C
VERSE 1:         in new york freedom looks like    too many choices
		D       C              Fadd9
		 in new york i found a friend
		         C
		to drown out the other voices
		D                        C
		voices on the cell phone voices from home
		Fadd9
		voices through the hard sell
		C                             D
		voices down a stairwell in new york
		C                       Fadd9   C
		 just got a place in new york


		D       C                Fadd9
VERSE 2:         in new york summers get hot
		C
		well into the hundreds
		D          C               Fadd9
		 you can't walk around the block
		   C                      
		without a change of clothing
		D                   C
		hot as a hair dryer in your face
		Fadd9            C                     D
		hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york
		  C                    Fadd9   C
		i just got a place in new york
		  D         C         Fadd9   C
		new york (new york) new york


		D       C               Fadd9
VERSE 3:         in new york you can forget
		   C
		forget how to sit still
		D         C                  Fadd9
		 tell yourself you will stay in
		         C                 D   C
		but it's down to alphaville


		    Fadd9   C    D             C   Fadd9   C
CHORUS 1:       new york     new york, new york
		    D          C   Fadd9   C    D
		new york, new york
		 D    C     Fadd9   C
		new york, a-ooo


		D                C               Fadd9
VERSE 4:         the irish 'been coming here for years
		C
		feel like they own the place
		D             C                   Fadd9
		 they got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor
		     C
		they even got the police
		D                C
		irish, italians, jews and hispanics
		  Fadd9           C                    D
		religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew
		         C                Fadd9
		(living) happily not like me and you
		       C
		that's where i lost you
 

		       D   C      Fadd9      C
CHORUS 2:       in new york   new york, new york
		       D   C      Fadd9      C
		in new york   new york, new york
		 D    C     Fadd9     C
		new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
		 D    C     Fadd9   C     D      C   Fadd9   C
		new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo


		D       C              Fadd9   C  
VERSE 5:         in new york i lost it all to  you and your vices
		D          C             Fadd9         C   
		 still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis
		D         C             Fadd9     C                D
		 i hit an iceberg in my life, you know i'm still afloat
		              C                  Fadd9
		you lose your balance, lose your wife
		       C
		in the queue for the lifeboat
		       D                        C
		you've got to put the women and children first
		    Fadd9           C                         
		but you've got an unquenchable thirst for


		    Fadd9   C    D      C
CHORUS 3:       new york        new york
		    Fadd9   C    D              C
		new york        new york, new york


		        Fadd9           C
VERSE 6:        in the stillness of the evening
		         D               C
		when the sun has had its day
		  Fadd9              C
		i heard your voice a-whispering
		     D       C
		come away now


                   Fadd9    C        D   C
CHORUS 4:       new    new york, new-ooo-ooo
		 Fadd9    C      D   C   D 
		new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo
		
		new york


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