Intro: Em D (4x)

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! 

Em                                   D 
She's a queen that stands her ground 
Em                      D 
Nobody can take her down 
Em                                 D 
Good times, bad times, she can swang 
Em                     D 
And did anyone a thang 


C          Am 
She is a rock 
Em 
As we pull but she is steady 
C                       Am            Em 
And no one can take her freedom away, yeah 
(Can't take her freedom) 
C               Am 
I love her style 
Em 
Whether she is clean or dirty 
C                       Am                     B 
She's the greatest town that you'll ever find, yeah! 


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! 


Em                     D 
You know she's my heart 
C                         D 
I really love New York City 
Em                 D 
She's lived and died  
C            D 
so many times 
Em                      D 
You know life can be real tough 
C                 D 
On my New York City 
Em             D             C        D    
But she's fine, she always survives Yeah! 

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! 


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! 


Em D (Intro) 
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