Chords for Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down (BET COVID-19 Relief Effort)

[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ New [E] York City, we've been hit hard by the [Am] COVID-19, but we New York strong.
[Gm] We [C] gonna always stand [F] strong, stay together, stay [A] home.
I love you, New York City.
I love you, [Dm] BET.
New York, let's get it, man.
[Fm] I love New York [C] because it lets you be [G] whoever you're going to be.
[C] It [G] doesn't mind if you're a little [F] strange or a little different.
[Em] It [D] doesn't mind if you have a big personality or incredibly shy.
[Dm] New York loves you [F] for who you are, and I love New York because I am who I am [C] because of it.
And I love about New [E] York is that [Am] _
it's my city.
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] I love that it taught me everything [G] I know.
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Fm] I love all the power and the passion.
_ [C] [G] I love the [Am] people.
_ [G] _ [F] Ingenious [Em] and brilliant, [D] incredible, powerful, _ [F] _ kind, [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] one of ones.
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ [F] There's no place like [A] it. _
Hi, my [Dm] name is Emily Colty.
I'm an RN [Fm] in the CSICU at Montefiore Medical [C] Center in the Bronx.
[G] Whenever [C] a patient is extubated [G] or discharged, [F] we play [Em] Empire State of Mind throughout our
[D] PA system for the whole [F] hospital to hear.
I felt that we needed something to inspire [G] us amongst all of the chaos.
I suggested [Am] to my boss that we play this song for the whole hospital to hear.
This song unites and inspires us to keep pushing.
_ [F] Okay.
Yeah. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ Grew up in a town that is famous as a place of [Bb] movie _ _ scenes. _
[F] _ _ _ Noise is always loud.
There are sirens all around and [Bb] the streets are _ mean. _
[F] _ _ _ But I can make it here.
I can make it anywhere.
That's [Bb] what they _ say. _ _
[F] _ _ _ See my face in the lights.
All my name on my keys found down [Bb] on Broadway. _ _ _
[F] Even [A] _ if it ain't all it seems, I got a pocket full of dreams, baby.
[Bb] I'm New York.
_ Concrete jungle where [Dm] dreams are made.
Nothing [C] you can't do.
[Bb] You're in New York.
_ These streets will make you [Dm] feel brand new.
Lights will [C] inspire you.
Hear it [Bb] for New York, New York, New _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ York.
I'm Burmima.
I'm Pat Pulse.
[Bb] And I love New York.
I was born and raised here.
It's my walk, my [F] talk, my dress.
I met my wonderful husband here.
I have my beautiful daughter here.
I love New York because we are the [Bb] trendsetters of the world.
I wouldn't choose no other [F] city to raise my family.
Black love.
I'm MC Light. _ _ _ _
What's up, everybody?
I'm [Bb] MC Light, and New York City is my home.
[F] It's my heart.
And it's my first true love.
Up and down those city streets, [Bb] it's nothing like it.
New York City, I love you.
[F] I love [A] New York. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] I just want to say I love this city of New York for everything it taught me.
Made me so strong, [F] strong enough to grow up and be a queen.
Strong [C] enough to move all around this world with strength and [Bb] dignity.
And I know we're going to get through this together. _
As a Texas transplant, [F] one thing I got to say, I got certified here [C] in New York City.
I love this city.
[F] And I'm going to [Bb] tell you, all obstacles, we never, never, never lose.
And we ain't going to lose this time either.
One hand in the air for the big city.
Streetlights, big dreams, all [C] looking pretty.
No place in the world that could [Dm] compare.
Put your lighters in the air.
Everybody [A] say yeah, yeah, _ yeah.
[Bb] New York. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ These streets will make you [F] feel brave.
Lights will [C] inspire you.
Talking [Bb] about New York. _ _ _
Don't go where dreams [F] are made of.
_ [C] Do you know [Bb] that New York.
_ _ These streets will make you [F] feel brave.
Lights will [C] inspire you.
[F] Here in [Bb] New York, New York, New York.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, New York.
We ain't going nowhere.
We ain't going nowhere.
We can't be stopped now.
It's New York for life.
[B] I'm from New [Db] York.
Born [Eb] and raised [F] in Harlem, New York.
Moved to Mount Vernon.
[Bb] New York boy, Yankee fan, Knicks fan, Islanders fan, Mets fan, [Bbm] Giants fan, Jets [Cm] fan.
[Bbm] Anything with [Bb] New York.
So [Em] nice I had to tattoo it twice, [F] baby.
New York, [D] let's stay New York strong.
And we can make [Gm] it there.
We can make it [Am] anywhere.
[Dm] New [C] York.
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