Steve Earle – NYC chords
Chords:
[Intro] |Bb F |C F |Bb F |C | |Bb F |C F |Bb F |C | [Verse]Bb F C FHe was standing on the highway, somewhere way out in the sticksBb F CGuitar across his shoulder like a 30.06Bb F C FHe was staring in my headlights, when I come around the bendBb F CClimbed up on my shotgun side and told me with a grin[Chorus]Bb F C FI’m goin’ to New York CityBb F CI’ve never really been there, just like the way it soundsBb F C FI heard the girls are prettyBb F CThere must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town[Verse]Bb F C FHe was cold and wet and hungry, but he never did complainBb F CSaid he’d come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rainBb F C FHe had a hundred stories about, the places that he’d beenBb F CHe’d hang around a little while and hit the road again[Chorus]Bb F C FI’m goin’ to New York CityBb F CI’ve never really been there, just like the way it soundsBb F C FI heard the girls are prettyBb F CThere must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town[Verse]Bb F C FSee, I’ve been to New York City, seems like it was yesterdayBb F CI was standing like a pilgrim on the great white wayBb F C FThe girls were really pretty, but they wouldn’t talk to meBb F CI held out about a week, went back to Tennessee[Verse]Bb F C FSo, I thought I better warn him, as he climbed out of my carBb F CGrabbed his battered suitcase and shouldered his guitarBb F C FI knew I was just jealous, if I didn’t wish him wellBb F CI slipped the kid a twenty, said, Billy give'm hell[Chorus]Bb F C FI’m goin’ to New York CityBb F CI’ve never really been there, just like the way it soundsBb F C FI heard the girls are prettyBb F CThere must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town-- Chorus again:Bb F C FI’m goin’ to New York CityBb F CI’ve never really been there, just like the way it soundsBb F C FI heard the girls are prettyBb F CThere must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town