Good Night New York chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

G+G     D MajorD   bm C majorC
My mother came to America
C majorC         G+G     D MajorD
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
G+G      D MajorD
Back in the Thirties
bm        C majorC
With the streets paved in gold
C majorC    G+G       D MajorD
And the sky laced with moonbeams
C majorC      G+G     C majorC      G+G
Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons
C majorC      G+G           D MajorD
Here in the free world, we're the lucky ones
Chorus:
D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
All of my yearning
G+G     D MajorD
All of my hunger
D MajorD     C majorC G+G
Maybe I'm learning
G+G      D MajorD
Sometimes I wonder
D MajorD      G+G     FF C majorC
Good night, New York
G+G     D MajorD
Before the Kennedys
bm     C majorC
Before the Beatles
C majorC     G+G    D MajorD
Before the Vietnam War
G+G     D MajorD     bm      C majorC
Back to a time when anything was possible
C majorC      G+G       D MajorD
Having less meant knowing more
C majorC       G+G    C majorC     G+G
Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts
C majorC      G+G          D MajorD
Here in the free world, for that second chance
D MajorD     G+G     FF  C majorC
Good night,New York
G+G     D MajorD   bm C majorC
My mother came to America
C majorC         G+G     D MajorD
Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
   G+G      D MajorD
And here in the future
bm     C majorC
I hope I've not failed her
C majorC          G+G      D MajorD
Cause nothing's the way that it seems
Chorus:
D MajorD     C majorC  G+G
All of my yearning
G+G     D MajorD
All of my hunger
D MajorD     C majorC G+G
Maybe I'm learning
G+G      D MajorD
Sometimes I wonder
D MajorD      G+G     FF C majorC
Good night, New York