New York City chords by Adrianne Lenker

Intro:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
G Cadd9 Am D7


Verse 1:

G       Cadd9       G     Cadd9
New York City gripped me like a big old machine

 G     Cadd9    Am     D7
I went into one side and landed in a dream

  G          Cadd9
It stirred me up, and made me shout

  G      Cadd9
And sometimes i forgot about

  G         Cadd9        Am     D7
The way the wind blows in and out with the cottonwood trees


Chorus:

  B7        C
And oh, its easy to lose your mind

 Am           D7        D7
I might've lost mine if i hadnt found you


Verse 2:

  G        Cadd9    G       Cadd9
The avenues, the boulevards, the businesses and schoolyards

G         Cadd9   Am     D7
Shopping malls and motorcars, all in one scene

  G          Cadd9
The lowest lows and the highest highs

  G           Cadd9
The meanest noise and the lullabies

  G       Cadd9
The poison and the compromise

  Am    D7
The unspoken scream


Chorus 2:

  B7         C
And oh, its so hard to find your place

    Am              D7
And i'd never have found mine if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge:

  G       Cadd9 G        Cadd9  G
And you can be my Buster Keaton, I'll be Blossom Dearie

    Cadd9      Am  D7
We can see the world so clearly

G        Cadd9    G         Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

  G        Cadd9      Am       D7         G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
G Cadd9 Am D7


Verse 3:

    G       Cadd9      G     Cadd9
Well, New York City split me like a log in a mill

G     Cadd9   Am     D7
Half of me happy, the other half ill

   G        Cadd9    G    Cadd9
But I feel myself a warning to the old neon chill

 G       Cadd9      Am     D7
I still feel a longing, but its chased by a thrill


Chorus 3:

  B7         C
And oh, it's so hard to find your place

  Am              D7           N.C.
I'd never have found mine, if I hadn't seen your face


Bridge 2:

  G       Cadd9 G        Cadd9  G
And you can be my Buster Keaton, I'll be Blossom Dearie

    Cadd9      Am  D7
We can see the world so clearly

G        Cadd9    G         Cadd9
You'll cover the gray away 'n I will sing you songs all day

  G        Cadd9      Am       D7         G
The decay will just turn to bloom as we look at the good old-fashioned moon


Instrumental 2:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
G Cadd9 Am D7