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A #32 hit for the Tradewinds (probably a studio aggregation) in March,
1965; remade over a decade later by Dave Edmunds as 'London's A Lonely
Town'. -- AWR
"New York's A Lonely Town"
(Pete Andreoli - Vinnie Poncia)
Intro:
Cmaj7 F/C [2X]
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 2:
Cmaj7 F/C Cmaj7 F/C
My folks moved to New York from California
Cmaj7 F/C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I should have listened when my buddy said "I warn ya (warn ya)
F F6 Fmaj7 F6
There'll be no surfin' there
Cmaj7 A7
And no one even cares"
Chorus:
Dm7 [N.C.] G7
My woody's outside
Cmaj7 A7 [N.C.]
Covered with snow (nowhere to go now)
Dm7 G7
New York's a lonely town
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7
When you're the only surfer boy
Cmaj7 F/C
Around
Verse 2:
From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way
I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (Broadway)
I feel so bad each time
I look out there and find
[repeat chorus]
Break:
Ebmaj7 Fm7 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
Ebmaj7 Dm7 G7
/ / / / / / / /
[repeat last two lines of verse 2]
[repeat chorus]
Coda (repeat to fade):
Cmaj7 F/C
/ / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers