New York City Chords

"Que Pasa New York" line uses the same D riff
as the intro but without the E at the end
 
 
[Intro]
     D                        E
e|-------------|----------------|
B|-------------|--------------9-|
G|---7-7----7--|---7-7----7---9-|
D|-9-7-7--9-7--|-9-7-7--9-7---9-|
A|-9------9----|-9------9-------|
E|-------------|----------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
E
Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono
                            B
We was waiting for Jerry to land
B
Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
                                 E
Singing "have a marijuana if you can"
    A
His name was David Peel, we found that he was real
             A
He sang "The Pope Smokes Dope Everyday"
A
Up come the policeman shoved us up the street
        B
Singin "Power to the People today!"
 
 
[Chorus]
         A
New York City
         E
New York City
         A
New York City
    D
Que pasa New York
                       A
Que pasa New York, hey hey
 
 
[Verse 2]
     E
Well down to Max's City
                                                    B
Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band
B
Laid something down as the news spread around
                                       E
About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band!
A
Played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti"
         A
Singing "Long Tall Sally's a man"
A
Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher
         B
Singing "God's a red herring in drag!"
 
 
[Chorus]
         A
New York City
         E
New York City
         A
New York City
    D
Que pasa New York
    D
Que pasa New York, hey hey
 
 
[Solo 1]
 
|D    |D    |E    |E    |E    |B    |B    |B    |B    |
|E    |A    |A    |A    |A    |A    |A    |B    |B    |
 
 
[Chorus]
              A
Hey, New York City
                    E
All right, New York City
         A
New York City
    D
Que pasa New York
                       A
Que pasa New York, hey hey
 
 
[Verse 3]
                E
Well we did the Staten Island Ferry
       E
Making movies for the telly
           B
Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom
B
Tried to shake our image
       B
Just a cycling through the Village
                                      E
But found that we had left it back in London
     A
Well nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us
     A
We decided to make it our home
       A
If the man wants to shove us out
A
We gonna jump and shout
    B
The Statue of Liberty said "Come!"
 
 
[Chorus]
         A
New York City
         E
New York City
         A
New York City
    D
Que pasa New York
    D                  D
Que pasa New York, hey hey
 
 
[Solo 2]
 
|E    |E    |E    |B    |B    |B    |B    |E    |
|A    |A    |A    |A    |A    |A    |B    |B    |
 
 
[Chorus]
         A
New York City
                 E
Back in New York City
             A
Hey New York City
    D
Que pasa New York
    D                  A
Que pasa New York, hey City
            E
Down in the Village
           A
Hey what a city
    D
Que pasa New York
    D                  A
Que pasa New York, hey rock on
    E
Ahh Suki
A
Yeah
   D
Que pasa New York
    D                         A
Que pasa New York, hey what a bad, bad city
        E
Bad-ass city
        A
Bad-ass city
    D
Que pasa New York
    D                  A
Que pasa New York, hey city, city
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