Homestate chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
              D MajorD
Sometimes when I'm driving late in the night
         E minorEm        C majorC
When there's that special kind of early morning light
     G+G        D MajorD
When the evergreen stands out in the dark
  E minorEm              C majorC           G+G
I'm thinking about that northern state of New York, New York

Chorus:
D MajorD         G+G
New York State was good to me
     C majorC            G+G
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
  D MajorD          E minorEm
If anyone asks what it means to me
        C majorC       G+G
Well, it's the nearest to home I'll ever be, in New York
G+G
New York

Verse:
               D MajorD
Well, New York city's just a part of the state
   E minorEm              C majorC
Some people hate it, I think it's great
    G+G         D MajorD
It's an honest city, won't tell you a lie
   E minorEm              C majorC            G+G
It'll take your money and look you straight in the eye, New York

Verse:
           D MajorD
When the city got too much to take
     E minorEm            C majorC
When the pressure built up and we thought we'd break
   G+G         D MajorD
When everyone else was headed south
  E minorEm          C majorC          G+G
We went our own way, we headed north of New York

Chorus:
D MajorD         G+G
New York State was good to me
     C majorC            G+G
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
  D MajorD          E minorEm
If anyone asks what it means to me
        C majorC       G+G
Well, it's the nearest to home I'll ever be, in New York
G+G
New York

Verse:
             D MajorD
I wish I could take that trip again
E minorEm            C majorC
Five hundred miles up to Lake Champlain
G+G            D MajorD
Fishing for supper in a homemade boat
  E minorEm          C majorC          G+G
The love we made and the songs I wrote of New York

Verse:
               D MajorD
And we rented a house on the Long Island sand
   E minorEm          C majorC
Where work in the city was close at hand
    G+G         D MajorD
In the summer we swam in Montauk Bay
  E minorEm       C majorC         G+G
And England felt so far away from New York

Chorus:
D MajorD         G+G
New York State was good to me
     C majorC            G+G
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
  D MajorD          E minorEm
If anyone asks what it means to me
        C majorC       G+G
Well, it's the nearest to home I'll ever be, in New York
G+G
New York

Verse:
         D MajorD
And it may sound strange that an Englishman
    E minorEm         C majorC
Should lose his heart to a foreign land
G+G            D MajorD
Maybe it's because I've been away
  E minorEm         C majorC        G+G
Too long from her, it's hard to say, New York

Chorus:
D MajorD         G+G
New York State was good to me
     C majorC            G+G
'Cause I found a wife and made a family
  D MajorD          E minorEm
If anyone asks what it means to me
        C majorC       G+G
Well, it's the nearest to home I'll ever be, in New York
G+G
New York
G+G
New York