New York City chords by Adrianne Lenker

Intro:
G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9  Am  D7


Verse 1:

G             Cadd9             G         Cadd9
New York City gripped me like a big old machine

  G         Cadd9        Am          D7
I went into one side and landed in a dream

   G                    Cadd9
It stirred me up,  and made me shout

    G           Cadd9
And sometimes i forgot about

    G                  Cadd9               Am         D7
The way the wind blows in and out with the cottonwood trees


Chorus:

    B7               C
And oh,  its easy to lose your mind

  Am                      D7                D7
I might've lost mine if i hadnt found you


Verse 2:

    G                Cadd9        G              Cadd9
The avenues,  the boulevards, the businesses and schoolyards

G                  Cadd9      Am         D7
Shopping malls and motorcars, all in one scene

    G                   Cadd9
The lowest lows and the highest highs

    G                     Cadd9
The meanest noise and the lullabies

    G              Cadd9
The poison and the compromise

    Am       D7
The unspoken scream


Chorus 2:

    B7                  C
And oh,  its so hard to find your place

        Am                            D7
And i'd never have found mine if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge:

    G             Cadd9  G                Cadd9   G
And you can be my Buster Keaton,  I'll be Blossom Dearie

       Cadd9            Am   D7
We can see the world so clearly

G                Cadd9        G                  Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

    G               Cadd9            Am             D7                 G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental:
G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9  Am  D7


Verse 3:

       G             Cadd9           G          Cadd9
Well,  New York City split me like a log in a mill

G          Cadd9      Am         D7
Half of me happy, the other half ill

      G                Cadd9       G        Cadd9
But I feel myself a warning to the old neon chill

  G             Cadd9           Am          D7
I still feel a longing, but its chased by a thrill


Chorus 3:

    B7                  C
And oh, it's so hard to find your place

    Am                           D7                      N.C.
I'd never have found mine, if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge 2:

    G             Cadd9  G                Cadd9   G
And you can be my Buster Keaton,  I'll be Blossom Dearie

       Cadd9            Am   D7
We can see the world so clearly

G                Cadd9        G                  Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

    G               Cadd9            Am             D7                 G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental 2:
G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9  Am  D7