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Empire State Of Mind chords by Ed Sheeran (Ver. 2)

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Ed Sheeran plays this in half-step down tuning (Chord diagramEb MajorEb Chord diagramAbAb Chord diagramDbDb Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramBb majorBb eb)
but this tab is for standard tuning (Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB e).


Verse 1:
                 Chord diagramBB
Yeah, I'm out of Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca

Right next to DeNiro but I’ll be hood forever
              Chord diagramE MajorE
I’m the new Sinatra and since I made it here

I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
                 Chord diagramBB
I used to cop in Harlem, hola my Dominicanos

Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonalds
              Chord diagramE MajorE
Took it to my stash spot, 560 State street
                Chord diagramF#F#
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry
              Chord diagramBB
Cruising down 8th street

Off-white Lexus driving so slow but BK is from Texas
                Chord diagramE MajorE
Me I’m out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie

Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
Pre-Chorus:
Chord diagramF#F#             Chord diagramG# minorG#m
Say what up to TyTy, still sipping mai tais
             Chord diagramF#F#
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
           Chord diagramD#D#
Homie I be Spiked out, I can trip a referee

Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from


Chorus:
   Chord diagramE MajorE
   New York
   Chord diagramF#F#                               Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
                       Chord diagramBB
   There's nothing you can’t do
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you’re in New York
Chord diagramF#F#                                  Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new
                      Chord diagramBB
   Big lights will inspire you
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York
Verse 2:
Chord diagramF#F#              Chord diagramBB
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game

Yeah, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
                  Chord diagramE MajorE
You should know I bleed Blue, but I'm not a Crip, though

But I got a gang of people walking with my clique though
Chord diagramF#F#             Chord diagramBB
Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rocks

Afrika Bambaataa stuff, home of the hip-hop
            Chord diagramE MajorE
Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back

For foreigners it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to add
  Chord diagramF#F#              Chord diagramBB
8 million stories out there in the naked

City, it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it
           Chord diagramE MajorE
Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"

If Jeezy's paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade


Pre-Chorus:
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG# minorG#m
3 dice Cee-lo, 3 card Marley
            Chord diagramF#F#
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley
          Chord diagramD#D#
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade

Long live the king yo, I’m from the Empire of


Chorus:
   Chord diagramE MajorE
   New York
   Chord diagramF#F#                               Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
                       Chord diagramBB
   There's nothing you can’t do
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you’re in New York
Chord diagramF#F#                                  Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new
                      Chord diagramBB
   Big lights will inspire you
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York


Bridge 1:
Chord diagramE MajorE
Lights is blinding, the girls need blinders
   Chord diagramF#F#
So they can step out of bounds quick
                  Chord diagramG# minorG#m
The side lines is lined with casualties
                                Chord diagramBB
Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse

Don’t bite the apple, Eve
Chord diagramE MajorE
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in-style
           Chord diagramF#F#
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
    Chord diagramG# minorG#m
The city of sin is a pity on a whim
     Chord diagramBB
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with 'em
Chord diagramE MajorE
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out
Chord diagramF#F#
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
Chord diagramG# minorG#m
"Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin
    Chord diagramBB
And Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends
Chord diagramE MajorE
Brought up in school, graduated to the high life
Chord diagramF#F#
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
Chord diagramD#D#
got you feeling like a champion

The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien


Chorus:
      Chord diagramE MajorE
   In New York
   Chord diagramF#F#                               Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
                       Chord diagramBB
   There's nothing you can’t do
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you’re in New York
Chord diagramF#F#                                  Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new
                      Chord diagramBB
   Big lights will inspire you
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York


Bridge 2:
Chord diagramE MajorE
   One hand in the air for the big city

   Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
Chord diagramF#F#
   No place in the world that can compare
Chord diagramG# minorG#m                                             Chord diagramD#D#
   Put your lighters in the air, everybody say "yeah!"


Chorus:
   Chord diagramE MajorE
   New York
   Chord diagramF#F#                               Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh
                       Chord diagramBB
   There's nothing you can’t do
                 Chord diagramE MajorE
   Now you’re in New York
Chord diagramF#F#                                  Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   These streets will make you feel brand new
                      Chord diagramBB
   Big lights will inspire you
                 Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramF#F#
   Now you're in New York, New York, New York


Outro:
   Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   New York
   Chord diagramF#F#                               Chord diagramE MajorE
   Concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh

   There's nothing you can’t do
                 Chord diagramG# minorG#m
   Now you’re in New York
Chord diagramF#F#                                  Chord diagramE MajorE
   These streets will make you feel brand new

   Big lights will inspire you
                 Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramF#F#
   Now you're in New York
                 Chord diagramG# minorG#m      Chord diagramBB
   Now you're in New York
                 Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramF#F#
   Now you're in New York

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