Homestate chords by Allan Taylor

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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