(intro) A   G   A   Cadd9   G (2x)  (stop)
        A   G   A   G   Cadd9   G

(verse 1)
A       G                  Cadd9   G
      in new york freedom looks like    too many choices
A       G              Cadd9
 in new york i found a friend
         G
to drown out the other voices
A                        G
voices on the cell phone voices from home
Cadd9
voices through the hard sell
G                             A
voices down a stairwell in new york
G                       Cadd9   G
 just got a place in new york

(verse 2)
A       G                Cadd9
in new york summers get hot
G
well into the hundreds
A          G               Cadd9
 you can't walk around the block
   G
without a change of clothing
A                   G
hot as a hair dryer in your face
Cadd9            G                     A
hot as a handbag and a can of mace in new york
  G                    Cadd9   G
i just got a place in new york
  A         G         Cadd9   G
new york (new york) new york

(verse 3)
A       G               Cadd9
in new york you can forget
   G
forget how to sit still
A         G                  Cadd9
 tell yourself you will stay in
         G                 A   G
but it's down to alphaville

(chorus 1)
    Cadd9   G    A             G   Cadd9   G
new york     new york, new york
    A          G   Cadd9   G    A
new york, new york
 A    G     Cadd9   G
new york, a-ooo

(verse 4)
A                G               Cadd9
the irish 'been coming here for years
G
feel like they own the place
A             G                   Cadd9
 they got the airport, city hall, asphalt, dance floor
     G
they even got the police
A                G
irish, italians, jews and hispanics
  Cadd9           G                    A
religious nuts, political fanatics in the stew
         G                Cadd9
(living) happily not like me and you
       G
that's where i lost you

(chorus 2)
       A   G      Cadd9      G
in new york   new york, new york
       A   G      Cadd9      G
in new york   new york, new york
 A    G     Cadd9     G
new york, a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
 A    G     Cadd9   G     A      G   Cadd9   G
new york, a-ooo  -  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo

(verse 5)
A       G              Cadd9   G
in new york i lost it all to  you and your vices
A          G             Cadd9         G
 still i'm staying on to figure out my mid-life crisis
A         G             Cadd9     G                A
 i hit an iceberg in my life, you know i'm still afloat
              G                  Cadd9
you lose your balance, lose your wife
       G
in the queue for the lifeboat
       A                        G
you've got to put the women and children first
    Cadd9           G
but you've got an unquenchable thirst for

(chorus 3)
    Cadd9   G    A      G
new york        new york
    Cadd9   G    A              G
new york        new york, new york

(verse 6)
        Cadd9           G
in the stillness of the evening
         A               G
when the sun has had its day
  Cadd9              G
i heard your voice a-whispering
     A       G
come away now

(chorus 4)
Cadd9    G        A   G
new    new york, new-ooo-ooo
 Cadd9    G      A   G   A
new      york, a-ooo-o-o-ooo
new york