Working Boy In New York City chords by Belle And Sebastian

🎸 Intro:

C Bm C G   (2x)



🎸 Verse 1:
G     F
Pray, hey
          Em                      D
You're a working boy in New York City
               C                     Bm
You took the train to liberate your body
        Am
And liberate your heart
          D
You are trying to find a
G       D
Home, soon
            Em                          D
Always the saddest when a friend can't make it
C

Love everyone along the way
      Bm                   C
You never had a chance to tell them
                Am
What you would like to do
         D
If the love permits you

🎸 Chorus:
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate

🎸 Verse 2:
G     F
Pray, gay
             Em                   D
You are the holy boy outside the scriptures
          C                         Bm
Far and away from all the brightest sunbeams
              Am                      D
You chose to stay and fight from the inside
Outside
G      D
Don't fight
               Em                       D
Make like the cutest owl and use your feathers
               C                    Bm
Make like the elephant and use your memory
           C
To pick a path
                Am
Make like the sleeping bird
         D
Dreaming of the morning

🎸 Chorus:
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate

🎸 Instrumental:
G D Em D C Bm Am D

G D Em D C Bm Am D


🎸 Verse 3:
G     D
Pray, hey
             Em                         D
God doesn't care about the way you're leaning
              C                      Bm
Once you are happy and you know yourself
               Am
Peace can come in your heart
         D
You can make a new start
G   D
One day
           Em                      D
We will be justified without the struggle
            C                     Bm
We will be recognised for what we do
                   C                  Am
Not criticised or hated just for the way you are
         D
You will be a star
C                           Bm
Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
C              G
Singing to the hope inside you
C                          Bm
Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
C               G
Singing to the hope

🎸 Chorus:
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate
C                      Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C            G
Wide is the gate