Chords for Delbert McClinton: "New York City"

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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] I got a dump spot day [E] too, [A] thinkin' maybe it was time for me to make a move.
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Late night skyline, that's [D] when it hit me. _
_ [A] _ _ Well I got to have me some [E] of that New [A] York City. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ When [A] I was leavin' California in a Chevrolet van,
_ Out across the desert into no [G] man's land.
[A] I just love the western north, [D] showin' it's pretty.
_ I _ _ _ [E] got to have me some of that New [A] York City.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] I been away [D] too long and I got the itch,
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To do a little time in the East Coast niche.
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Down on Broadway, [E] doin' this ditty.
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[E] _ _ [A] New York City, [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] oh yeah.
_ I know Delbert because he used to come to New York City in the late 70s
and play, probably every six [D] weeks or so, he'd play the Lone Star Cafe.
Well the Lone Star Cafe _ _ was [Am] a little bit of [A] Texas and [C] Manhattan.
Well it would [A] certainly be like the gig, if any musicians were in town,
that were like cool roots type musicians, they'd be [C] there.
Joe Ely, _ Jimmy [A] Buffett, Elvis Costello and Otis Blackwell,
who wrote a lot of Elvis [E] Presley songs.
_ I been [D] away too long and I got [Am] the itch,
To do a little time in the East Coast [Em] niche.
Down [D] on Broadway, doin' [E] this ditty.
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[D] _ New [A] York City, _ _
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_ _ now I believe in California [A] on a warm summer [D] night.
[A] The ocean on my left and the mountains on my right.
_ Leavin' all behind sure seem [D] like a pity. _ _ _
_ _ [A] I got to have me [E] some of that New [A] York City.
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Oh [A] yeah, _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
oh [A] yeah.
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_ _ [C#] Woo, [E] come _ on man.
[Fm] _ _ [Am] You know, Belushi and [B] Ackroyd would come to those things
and kind of started their Blues Brothers [E] act on stage,
sittin' in with us at that time.
[Am] They even called Delbert on [Em] the road, we were on the road,
_ [F] and Belushi called and asked if [C#m] we would be their backup band
[Em] for the Blues Brothers.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] And Delbert's [Em] management at that time out of [C#] Nashville
thought it'd be a [B] bad idea and take him off the road [Em] for too long.
So [Am] that was an [E] opportunity missed, but it still worked out [D#] for Delbert.
He got songs in [D] the movie and songs on the record.
_ [D#] [B] They were always very supportive of Delbert.
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[Em] _ _ Oh [D] yeah!
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_ _ _ Nigga, Michelle Humbert! _
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