New York City chords by Adrianne Lenker

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm D7D7


Verse 1:

G+G       Cadd9Cadd9       G+G     Cadd9Cadd9
New York City gripped me like a big old machine

 G+G     Cadd9Cadd9    A minorAm     D7D7
I went into one side and landed in a dream

  G+G          Cadd9Cadd9
It stirred me up, and made me shout

  G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
And sometimes i forgot about

  G+G         Cadd9Cadd9        A minorAm     D7D7
The way the wind blows in and out with the cottonwood trees

Chorus:

  B7B7        C majorC
And oh, its easy to lose your mind

 A minorAm           D7D7        D7D7
I might've lost mine if i hadnt found you


Verse 2:

  G+G        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G       Cadd9Cadd9
The avenues, the boulevards, the businesses and schoolyards

G+G         Cadd9Cadd9   A minorAm     D7D7
Shopping malls and motorcars, all in one scene

  G+G          Cadd9Cadd9
The lowest lows and the highest highs

  G+G           Cadd9Cadd9
The meanest noise and the lullabies

  G+G       Cadd9Cadd9
The poison and the compromise

  A minorAm    D7D7
The unspoken scream

Chorus 2:

  B7B7         C majorC
And oh, its so hard to find your place

    A minorAm              D7D7
And i'd never have found mine if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge:

  G+G       Cadd9Cadd9 G+G        Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
And you can be my Buster Keaton, I'll be Blossom Dearie

    Cadd9Cadd9      A minorAm  D7D7
We can see the world so clearly

G+G        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G         Cadd9Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

  G+G        Cadd9Cadd9      A minorAm       D7D7         G+G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm D7D7


Verse 3:

    G+G       Cadd9Cadd9      G+G     Cadd9Cadd9
Well, New York City split me like a log in a mill

G+G     Cadd9Cadd9   A minorAm     D7D7
Half of me happy, the other half ill

   G+G        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G    Cadd9Cadd9
But I feel myself a warning to the old neon chill

 G+G       Cadd9Cadd9      A minorAm     D7D7
I still feel a longing, but its chased by a thrill


Chorus 3:

  B7B7         C majorC
And oh, it's so hard to find your place

  A minorAm              D7D7           N.C.
I'd never have found mine, if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge 2:

  G+G       Cadd9Cadd9 G+G        Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
And you can be my Buster Keaton, I'll be Blossom Dearie

    Cadd9Cadd9      A minorAm  D7D7
We can see the world so clearly

G+G        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G         Cadd9Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

  G+G        Cadd9Cadd9      A minorAm       D7D7         G+G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental 2:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm D7D7