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An Englishman In New York Chords by Godley And Creme

An Englishman In New York chords by Godley And Creme

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Cm    Csus2    (x4)


Verse:
  Cm     Csus2    Cm       Csus2      Cm        Csus2     Cm     Csus2
Demented New York athletes staggering round the block
  Cm        Csus2      Cm     Csus2  Cm      Csus2       Cm     Csus2
Deformed Chicanos pour in, Chicago's rolling stock
Cm      Csus2     Cm           Csus2
Digital bathrooms drilling for furs
Cm       Csus2     Cm             Csus2
Surgical stockings marked his and hers
Cm         Csus2     Cm         Csus2     Cm        Csus2     Cm     Csus2
Guggenheim attitudes    back to back with Jewish Baroque
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Chorus:
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
B      Bsus2      B      Bsus2
No            way street
F#    N.C.
      Happy to see you, you have a nice day!

Cm    Csus2    (x4)


Verse:
Cm        Csus2   Cm      Csus2      Cm      Csus2      Cm     Csus2
Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints
  Cm         Csus2          Cm              Csus2
Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red
         Cm           Csus2        Cm     Csus2
From the land of blue rinse
     Cm        Csus2    Cm           Csus2
They boggle at menus in Olde English verse
Cm        Csus2      Cm           Csus2
"Ode to a burger" by Keats at his worst
    Cm         Csus2         Cm          Csus2
The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs
      Dm             Dsus2   Dm              Dsus2
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs
    Dm          Eb           Dm           Eb
The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs


Chorus:
C        Am  G      C        Am    G
 Strange apparatus,   you've never seen
C        Am   G     Am              G
 Strange apparatus,   even stranger theme
C       Am   G      C     Am   G
 Street alligators,   Big Anglophile
C     Am  G       Am                  G
 Will navigate us through a change of style


Bridge:
Dm        Am      Dm               Am
  I came,   I saw   what manner of beast is this
Dm          Am           Dm        Am       Em
  New York,   you talk a little bit left of centre
Dm          Am
  A scream,   a shout
    Dm      Am           F#m     D
New York is throwing its weight about


Bridge:
     Bmaj7      E                  Bmaj7
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
    Bmaj7
The stronger the wood the straighter the arrow


Verse:
Cm          Csus2   Cm      Csus2    Cm          Csus2     Cm     Csus2
Dismembered hopeful Mei-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze
Cm        Csus2    Cm       Csus2         Cm     Csus2     Cm     Csus2
"Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees"
Cm     Csus2     Cm           Csus2
Sexual athlete applies for audition
Cm         Csus2      Cm    Csus2
Willing to make it in any position
     Cm         Csus2       Cm             Csus2
Just one of the extras with blood on their faces
        Dm            Dsus2  Dm     Dsus2
In Snow-White and the seven  basket cases
    Dm        Eb        Dm       Eb
I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places

Cm     Csus2     (x4)


Chorus:
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
B      Bsus2      B      Bsus2
No            way street
F#    N.C.
  Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!


Verse:
  Dm       Dsus2      Dm      Dsus2     Dm          Dsus2    Dm       Dsus2
Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock
Dm         Dsus2         Dm       Dsus2      Dm       Dsus2   Dm       Dsus2
Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch of a crucifix clock
    Dm        Dsus2   Dm         Dsus2
Two miniature Romans, running on rails
  Dm         Dsus2    Dm          Dsus2
Appear every hour and bang in the nails
   Dm          Dsus2            Dm      Dsus2     Dm           Dsus2    Dm       Dsus2
Oh I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be    the first on our block


Verse:
   Em      Esus2       Em   Esus2           Em          Esus2    Em      Esus2
Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news
        Em        Esus2          Em            Esus2      Em          Esus2    Em      Esus2
They're picketing synagogues and claiming that Hitler was King of the Jews
Em            Esus2     Em        Esus2
Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls
  Em           Esus2      Em           Esus2
A men's room attendant is flapping his jowls
F     N.C.
Sssh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels.

Dm Eb Dm Eb


Chorus 2:
C        Am  G      C        Am    G
 Strange apparatus,   you've never seen
C        Am   G     Am              G
 Strange apparatus,   even stranger theme
C       Am   G      C     Am   G
 Street alligators,   Big Anglophile
C     Am  G       Am                  G
 Will navigate us through a change of style

C        Am  G      C        Am    G
 Strange apparatus,   you've never seen
C        Am   G     Am              G
 Strange apparatus,   even stranger theme


Bridge:
     Bmaj7      E                  Bmaj7
Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye
    Bmaj7
The stronger the wood the straighter the arrow


Chorus 1:
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
Cm     Csus2      Cm     Csus2
No            way street
B      Bsus2      B      Bsus2
No            way street
B      Bsus2      B      Bsus2
No            way street

Dm   Dsus2    (x2)

Dm     Dsus2      Dm     Dsus2
No            way street
Dm     Dsus2      Dm     Dsus2
No            way street
Dm     Dsus2      Dm     Dsus2
No     way street
Dm     Dsus2      Dm     Dsus2
No     way street

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