Intro:
Em D x4
Em D
Broadway lights and taxi cabs
Em D
Everybody's moving fast
Em D
Uptown downtown what's your thing
Em D
She can take what she can bring
C Am
She gave me a life
Em
Came up through the inner city
C Am Em
She raised me up and taught me to fight yeah
C Am
She opened my mind
Em
I got to the knitty gritty
C Am B
The greatest time that you'll ever find
Em D
She is my heart
C D
I love New York City
Em D
She's lived and died
C D
So many times yeah
Em D
Life is always tough
C D
On New York City oh lord
Em D C D
But she is fine she always survives yeah
She's a queen that stands her ground
Nobody can take her down
Good times bad times she can swang
And did anyone a thang
She is a rock
As we pull but she is steady
And no one can take her freedom away yeah Can't take her freedom
I love her style
Whether she is clean or dirty
She's the greatest town that you'll ever find yeah
You know she's my heart
I really love New York City
She's lived and died
So many times
You know life can be real tough
On my New York City
But she's fine she always survives Yeah
Outro:
Em D x8
Let's hear it for New York City yeah