Antje Duvekot (born 1976 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top song-writing awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition's Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She began her music career in 2000 and since then has released a number of albums, beginning with Little Peppermints (2002).
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Streets of Soho -- Antje Duvekot Alt. tuning: EADGAe CAPO II Chords at end Tabbed by Travis Hussey, [email protected]
Intro: A4hA, AhA6-A4, A4hA, A9-A4 x2
When she moved to the city she was 20 years old A4hA, AhA6-A4... Coming from the midwest she had never left home Upon the Brooklyn bridge, she took a Deep breath A4hA, A9-A4
Well the boys on Water Street whistled & chimed A4hA, AhA6-A4... Singin' "Hey, seniorita, my you look fine," and baby Take a deep... breath
Chorus: An' hey, la, hey la la la E Livin' in the city that never stops, oh A, A6-A Sweet little baby is in for a shock 'cause the A4, A4/B Streets of Soho ain't like Iowa A, A6-A4 x2, A4hA, A9-A4
She got a job at a deli on Maple & Kent A4hA, AhA6-A4... $5 an hour can barely make rent and she's Closing up late... A4hA, A9-A4 She struck up with an actor who waited on tables A4hA, AhA6-A4... He told her he loved her so she let him stay and he was Gone the next... day A4hA, AhA6-A
CHORUS (with rise on "Iowa", end w/ A4hA, A-A4 into Bridge)
Bridge: There's beggars and brokers, artists & millionaires F#m, E Women in fur coats, yeah, and strippers upstairs A, A4/B There's graffiti on back walls and sleeping in alleyways F#m, E 47th floor, yeah, she's come a long way A, A4/B-A4 There are lawyers and bankers and limos and taxi cabs F#m, E Busses and traffic are blaring their horns A, A4/B There's shouting in Spanish... an' hey la la... F#m, E (hold) It ain't like Iowa...(To intro with A9v2-A4 second time)
Now she's living with a stripper in a 1-room flat A4hA, AhA6-A4... And she wonders what her daddy would have thought about that But she wouldn't want to go back Wouldn't want to go back to Iowa Now she is locking up the deli and getting on the subway Throws a cigarette out it's been a long long day But she is feeling grown up... yeah... Take a deep breath... A4hA, AhA6-A6
CHORUS x2 (repeat "Streets of Soho..." x4, replace with "Brooklyn" very last time) (Use x44400, x22200, x02200 as last two chord progressions)
Chords: A4=x00200 A=x02200 A6=x04200 A9=xxx400 A9ver2=x00440 A4/B=x20200 E=022100 F#m=244200 (use thumb for bass note, don't use middle finger)