New York In The Seventies chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse:
G+G      C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
Long Beach, early in the morning
        G+G     C majorC G+G  D MajorD
I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
  E minorEm       D MajorD       C majorC      G+G
I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
     C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G D MajorD
My little boy is a lot like me

Verse:
   G+G     C majorC  G+G    D MajorD
And I came home late from the city
       G+G    C majorC G+G  D MajorD
I was in the Village, having fun
    E minorEm         D MajorD   C majorC      G+G
All the queens were coming out on Christopher Street
   C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G D MajorD
And a new age had begun

Chorus:
    C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
I'm in a long line of lovers
      C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
Who came to New York looking for the Muse
 E minorEm        D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
  C majorC  G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
To pay for her dancing shoes

Verse:
       G+G      C majorC    G+G  D MajorD
I played the Gaslight and Gerde's Folk City
      G+G       C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
The Bitter End and the occasional bar
 E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
I played the game of money and fame
      C majorC  G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G D MajorD
'Cause everybody wants to be a star

Verse:
   G+G   C majorC     G+G  D MajorD
And I had my share of intoxication
      G+G        C majorC    G+G   D MajorD
I did a few drugs and drank too much Uncle Jack
   E minorEm     D MajorD      C majorC    G+G
But I stopped in time when I saw the signs
   C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm   G+G  D MajorD
And I knew I  had to get back

Chorus:
      C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
And I'm in a long line of lovers
      C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
Who came to New York looking for the Muse
 E minorEm        D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
  C majorC  G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
To pay for her dancing shoes

Verse:
    G+G    C majorC    G+G   D MajorD
And the Vietnam War was still raging
         G+G        C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
They were singing protest songs in Washington Square
E minorEm    D MajorD     C majorC     G+G
Too many guys just never came home
    C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm G+G D MajorD
'Cause not enough people cared

Verse:
   G+G          C majorC  G+G      D MajorD
And those who made it back were looking lost and confused
     G+G      C majorC  G+G   D MajorD
Was it a victory or a tactical retreat
    E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
Either way, it left a wound in America's heart
  C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm   G+G  D MajorD
To see them sleeping out on the street

Chorus:
    C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
I'm in a long line of lovers
      C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
Who came to New York looking for the Muse
 E minorEm        D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
  C majorC  G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
To pay for her dancing shoes

Verse:
G+G      C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
Thirty years later and I'm thinking
     G+G        C majorC    G+G  D MajorD
I'm still here, some of my friends are gone
  E minorEm      D MajorD         C majorC     G+G
My little boy is grown, he's got a son of his own
   C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm     G+G  D MajorD
Everybody's got to sing their own song

Verse:
        G+G         C majorC    G+G     D MajorD
I came back to Long Beach and I'm looking out at the sea
       G+G  C majorC  G+G   D MajorD
I'm standing in a warm summer haze
   E minorEm    D MajorD          C majorC    G+G
I can see those times like I'm in a picture show
  C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm G+G D MajorD
New York in the Seventies

Chorus:
    C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
I'm in a long line of lovers
      C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
Who came to New York looking for the Muse
 E minorEm        D MajorD    C majorC     G+G
I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
  C majorC  G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G  D MajorD
To pay for her dancing shoes

Verse:
G+G      C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
Long Beach, early in the morning
        G+G     C majorC G+G  D MajorD
I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
  E minorEm       D MajorD       C majorC      G+G
I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
     C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G D MajorD
My little boy is a lot like me
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
My little boy is a lot like me

Outro:
C majorC G+G D MajorD   G+G