Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
G+G D MajorD G+G
All my friends have moved away to safe expensive college
D MajorD C majorC
And made their parents feel so proud to pay 50,000 dollars
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
To go to parties in their dorms where everybody knows eachother...
G+G D MajorD C majorC
And I am alone in New York
G+G E/A C7C7
With my guitar on my back
G+G E/B C7C7
Standing in a subway car
G+G E/B C7C7
Trying to get home from Brooklyn
Chorus:
G+G B/G C majorC
I am alone in New York
G6G6 E/B C majorC
And I miss you very much
G6G6 E/B C majorC
Just know if you get tired
G+G C7C7
You can always drop out (x2)
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
I am alone in New York
G+G E/A C7C7
Singing on the sidewalk
G+G E/B C7C7
At the Gowanus Canal
G+G B/G C7C7
I am alone in New York
G6G6 E/B C7C7
The venue got shut down
G6G6 E/B C7C7
A augmentedA crowd forms around me
G+G E/B C7C7
While my fingers freeze
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
And I am alone in New York
G+G E/B C7C7
And I miss you very much
G+G E/B C7C7
Just know if you get tired
G+G E/B C7C7
You can always drop out (x2)
Bridge:
G+G D MajorD G+G
Did you get everything your college promised?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
A augmentedA social life and a nice community?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Its funny how arranged culture turns out to be
G+G D MajorD C majorC
When everyone who’s in your class is like you
G+G D MajorD C7C7
Did you get your care package yet?
G+G D MajorD C7C7
Was your roommates’ care package bigger? (x2)
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
And I am alone in New York
G+G E/B C7C7
And I miss you very much
G+G E/B C7C7
Just know if you get tired
G+G E/B C7C7
You can always drop out (x3)