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
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
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